SHARE        Monday, April 1, 2024
Emigration as a way out not to serve in Latvian army Among the EU member states, Latvia has one with the fastest population decrease -- the recent forecasts show that the Latvian population in 2030 should be 20% lower compared to situation in 2014. The main factors responsible for this trend are negative natural growth and negative migration balance.

SHARE        Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Latvia's politicians to take responsibility for unborn children According to the latest population projections issued by Eurostat, the EU's population will decrease by 6% between 1 January 2022 and 1 January 2100, equivalent to 27.3 million fewer people. But for Latvia the demographic decline is predicted to be much steeper

SHARE        Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Latvian Parliament vs. Latvian people On June 3, the R?ga Pride Week events culminated in what was estimated as the biggest pride march in Latvia so far. LGBTQ+ groups celebrated with a bang the election of first openly gay to the post of the President. The Saeima, Latvia's parliament, elected Edgars Rink"vi?s to be the next President. He will be inaugurated July 8 for a four-year term. Edgars Rink"vi?s publicly came out as gay in November 2014

SHARE        Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Latvia risks to turn to a ghost state Latvia 2020 population was estimated at 1,886,198 people at mid year according to UN data. At the beginning of 2022 population of Latvia accounted for 1 million 876 thousand people, which is 17.5 thousand people fewer than a year ago. The current population of Latvia is 1,826,608 as of May 17, 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data.

SHARE        Monday, May 15, 2023
"War" against teachers is a "war" against society in Latvia Latvian authorities continue to fight against people who are the basis of the State. They invent new financial and political mechanisms aimed to worsen the living and working standards of those who directly influence the future of young generation. The "war" against teachers has already led to protests and tensity in Latvian society.

SHARE        Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Foreigners decide for Latvians where to live and work Unfortunately, as a NATO member state, Latvia cannot manage their own territory any more. The war hysteria provides the alibi for NATO allies and for national authorities to accelerate military preparations and to widen military infrastructure in Latvia. It is much easier for the Alliance to achieve goals by local authorities' orders.

(1 comments) SHARE        Friday, September 30, 2022
Latvia is inundated with NATO Ukraine has become the excellent excuse for NATO expanding of Europe. The Alliance justified numerous military exercises and weapons supplies to the European countries by the need to response to Russia's actions in Ukraine. NATO Spokesperson, Oana Lungescu said that NATO has to reinforce its presence in the eastern part of the Alliance.

SHARE        Wednesday, July 6, 2022
No details for Latvian public about Canadian troops in the country Canada does not provide Latvian public with data about increasing the number of its troops.

SHARE        Saturday, April 30, 2022
The war in Ukraine could cause Latvian economic collapse According to LETA, a Latvian national information agency, most publications in Latvian media are currently devoted to the theme of war and related issues. Publications with a mention of the subject of war since the end of February have ranged from an average of 400 to 800 per day in Latvian media to over 1000 on some days.

SHARE        Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Latvia developed new tasks for NATO soldiers Member of the Latvian Saemas' national association "Everything for Latvia!" and Freedom"/LNNK Jānis Dombrava stated the need to attract NATO troops to resolve the migration crisis. This is reported by la.lv. In his opinion, illegal migration from the Middle East to Europe may acquire the feature of an invasion. He believes that under the guise of refugees, foreign military and intelligence officers can enter the country.

SHARE        Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Latvian politics risks causing considerable damage to economy According to bnn-news.com , behaviour of Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkēvičs risks causing a wave of bankruptcies in Latvia. Thus, after basking in the VIP area together with people of questionable reputation during the opening game of the World Ice Hockey Championship in Riga, Edgars Rinkēvičs demonstrated an act of true diplomatic short-sightedness

(1 comments) SHARE        Monday, April 26, 2021
Latvia: no railway, no NATO According to Latvian Foreign Ministry, the arrival of the multinational Allied battlegroup in Latvia in June 2017 concluded the deployment of forces under NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence in the Baltic States and Poland

SHARE        Saturday, March 27, 2021
Latvian government turned population into prisoners Baltic States' authorities decided not to "reinvent the wheel" and just found "hot" topics to divert attention from situation at home. They continue to discuss neighbour countries' problems deflecting popular attention away from problems with COVID-19 vaccination delay, poorly performing economy and growing unpopularity.

(1 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, January 5, 2021
NATO invented new threat in the Baltic States It seems as if NATO has changed its priorities in the Baltic States. It is well known that NATO member states agreed at the 2016 Summit in Warsaw to enhance NATO's military presence in the eastern part of the Alliance.

SHARE        Friday, December 4, 2020
Latvia becomes a victim of the East-West confrontation The foreign policy of Latvia has been providing a surprising case of balancing policy between economic wisdom and political situation for some decades. Being the EU and NATO member state, Latvia managed to fulfill its commitments and at the same time Riga maintained fruitful relationship in the economic sphere with neighbouring countries - Russia and Belarus.

(1 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Iceland in Latvia "Strengthens" NATO? In November NATO's enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia was strengthened by Iceland. This information was disseminated across Europe. But what is behind this fact?

SHARE        Wednesday, November 11, 2020
The U.S. election hits the Baltic States Political upheavals in 2020 in major countries stir people all around the world. It turned out, that presidential elections in a single country, which are a purely internal affair of the state, have a global impact on the foreign policy of many states. Thus, the world froze in anticipation of the results of the US elections. The Baltic States, in particular, want to know if the new president continues support

SHARE        Monday, October 12, 2020
Latvian ministry of defence shifted its responsibility to the society In October, the Pilskalns 2020 exercise has been held in four Latvian cities: Madona, Sigulda, Alūksne and Smiltene. The event is organized by the Ministry of Defence and the Vidzeme 2nd Brigade of National Guard in cooperation with the local authorities in order to train local civil protection commissions.

SHARE        Monday, August 31, 2020
Aged men to serve in Latvia Difficult political situation in Europe and unrest in neighbouring Belarus forced Latvian authorities to make strange decisions. Though NATO is thankful to the Baltic States for increasing its defence expenditures, the readiness of their armed forces are disputable and the future of their abilities arise questions.

SHARE        Thursday, August 27, 2020
Political unrest as a push to militarization of Europe Everybody knows that militarization is not only a political process, but also a financial one. Militarization, is the process by which a society organizes itself for military conflict and violence. As soon as there are indicators of military threat, the government starts a process. Related activities in case of real threat could prepare a state to repel a military attack, but only if it actually occurs.