According to Presidential Adviser Martins Dregeris, the bill is intended to provide an opportunity to attract highly qualified specialists to Latvian universities who are not only motivated to gain experience abroad, but also want to work in the long term with predictable career growth in the academic and research field in Latvia. The bill establishes … Read more
The country Washington.-The Secretary of Defense of the United States, Lloyd Austin, and his Chinese counterpart, Dong Jun, spoke this Tuesday by videoconference for the first time in a year and a half, the Pentagon reported, a sign of their intention to maintain the dialogue despite the tensions. “The two officials discussed defense relations between … Read more
The IMF report predicts that the economy Latvia this year will grow by only 1.7%. For comparison: in October the IMF predicted that Latvia’s GDP would increase by 2.6% this year. Next year, Latvian GDP growth is planned at 2.4%. The latest forecasts say that inflation in Latvia this year and next is expected to … Read more
Iran fired more than 300 ballistic and cruise missiles and armed drones at Israel on Saturday night, but Israeli air defenses intercepted most of them. “The market views de-escalation as the most likely path, despite the Iranian strike,” DNB Markets analysts said. Wall Street’s major indexes fell as investors worried about the Middle East despite … Read more
The opening of the visual exhibition of the sculptor Manos Pontikakis entitled “Hypocrites. Faces of Faces and Voices” co-organized by the Acting and Speech Laboratory of the Department of Theater Studies of the University of Patras with the Region of Western Greece, took place on Wednesday evening at the Archaeological Museum of Patras. The aim … Read more
The prime minister received Republika Srpska’s highest state award from Milorad Dodik, the pro-secessionist entity under Western sanctions. Viktor Orbán’s visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina attracted considerable attention in the European Union, during which he was also awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Serbia after Russian President Vladimir Putin. In his acceptance speech, the … Read more
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg proposes creating a special NATO mission for Ukraine (NATO Mission Ukraine) and agreeing on the alliance’s military assistance to Kyiv for a five-year period in the amount of 100 billion euros. The news agencies dpa and AFP wrote about this on the night of Wednesday, April 3, citing sources in … Read more
Taiwan’s largest earthquake in a quarter-century shook the island during the morning rush hour on Wednesday, damaging buildings and killing at least seven people. In the capital, Taipei, tiles fell from older buildings and schools evacuated their students to sports fields, equipping them with yellow safety helmets. Some children covered themselves with textbooks from the … Read more