This is a carefully thought-out position,” the minister said. He explained that with this action, he wishes to show that the May 9 vote - disappointing, in his words - by Saeima is a serious matter. A Saeima majority voted down, in the second reading, a proposal to limit local government...

31, 699 tons of macaroni, 330 tons of four-grain cereal, 693 tons of wheat flour, 419 tons of rice, 369 tons of manna, 222 tons of buckwheat, 506 tons of sugar and 394,000 liters of rapeseed oil has to be delivered, the Agricultural Registries and Information Board (PRIA) announced. Year after ...

Two Lebanese soldiers were killed and several were injured in February when an army unit, dispatched to make an arrest in the case, was ambushed by gunmen in the eastern town of Ersal, according to an army statement. Seven Estonian bicycle tourists were taken hostage in the Bekaa valley near Z...

The terror threat level in Latvia did not change in 2012 and remained relatively low. There were no terrorist attacks or related crimes in Latvia last year. Several factors were identified as potential terror threat facilitators in the future. Last year, the Security Police gathered information...

Costs for heating account for a significant part of the family budget; I think it is a problem of primary importance in the energy sector,” said Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius on May 13 after the State Strategy Planning Committee meeting. According to the PM, after the assessment of...