Will it be possible to introduce a six-day work week in Latvia?

According to him, the global trend is to switch to a four-day workweek. “Our union is currently raging because employers are desperately trying to reduce the number of artificial sick leaves, which is very typical for Latvia.” Latvia has a very high level of temporary disability among workers. Revalds believes that this phenomenon is not … Read more

The higher the electricity bills, the more the head of Latvenergo earns

Last year, the Chairman of the Board of JSC Latvenergo, Mārtiņš Čakste, received a salary of 201,007 euros, which is 32.4% more than in 2022, according to the official declaration for 2023 he submitted. Last year, Čakste also sold real estate for 325,000 euros and received 7,627 euros from business and commercial activities. The declaration … Read more

Skandalidis: The brand new president of PASOK doesn’t should be within the Parliament – 2024-06-30 19:10:01

“Clearly Mr. Androulakis is accountable for the end result of the European elections”, stated Kostas Skandalidis at this time, commenting on the developments in PASOK. Talking to SKAI, he stated that “two massive steps had been taken. Throughout Fofis Gennimata we went from 4% to eight%. With Nikos Androulakis, we went from 8% to 13%.” … Read more

Ursula von der Leyen to stay head of European Fee

The leaders of the European Union voted for brand spanking new leaders of the bloc’s most important establishments at a summit in Brussels on Thursday night, June 27. Following the vote, Ursula von der Leyen will stay the President of the European Fee, former Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa will head the European Council, and … Read more

Why is Rezekne in no hurry to rename streets related to Russia?

Renaming streets in Rezekne related to the Soviet Union and Russia was nonetheless on the agenda, mentioned the chairman of town council, Aleksey Stets (Collectively for Latvia). The Society “Heart of Public Reminiscence” has appealed to the Rezekne Native Authorities to “fulfil the responsibility to sentence the communist totalitarian regime and cease glorifying Russification”, as … Read more

BB.lv: The Covid-19 disaster in Outdated Riga continues to be ongoing

He identified that the Covid-19 pandemic has fully modified the HoReCa phase and there was no restoration. “You might want to perceive that the Covid-19 disaster just isn’t over and it has fully destroyed the construction of HoReCa. The bar and restaurant trade earlier than and following Covid-19 are two completely different industries,” stated Plavins. … Read more

BB.lv: “Why is non-alcoholic beer costlier than alcoholic beer?!”

I am very cautious that we eat wholesome as a result of I’ve youngsters. In my view, fish in Latvia might be very costly. Should you have a look at it, pork is likely one of the most cost-effective sorts of meat. Hen is pricey, however contemporary fish might be very costly for households, and … Read more

Latvian pensioners demand pensions to be listed by one hundred pc

Barcha famous that the federation is actively cooperating with the Fee on Social and Labor Affairs of the Sejm, the place discussions on the difficulty of indexation of pensions started in the present day, in addition to with the Ministry of Welfare. The federation is at the moment planning to ship a letter to the … Read more