In the Latvian parliamentary elections, the center-right coalition lost its majority. The Union of Farmers and Greens of Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis was punished despite the growing economy. He received less than 10 percent of the votes, halving, and only held 11 seats out of 100 in the parliament. The electoral council in Riga announced this on Sunday.
The Russian navy started rocket testing on the Baltic Sea on Wednesday, which led to measures in Latvia. Riga says it has temporarily had to close the airspace for commercial flights.
Latvia is empty. The country that is comparable in size to the Netherlands, has an overwhelming nature, blond beaches, wild forests and the capital city of Riga, has less than 2 million inhabitants.
Ajax supporters hunt massively for the final of the Europa League between their club and Manchester United. On the internet, tickets for the final match of 24 May in Stockholm change for 1500 euros from owner.
A 225-strong armored brigade on Sunday arrived in Latvia. Soldiers go there ensure peace and stability. The troops arrived at the Latvian Adazi base, reported the Latvian news agency Leta based on information from the US Embassy.
Alleged couppplegers commissioned by the Turkish President Recep Erdogan were arrested after the failed coup in the country, sit like pigs in a sty. Several foreign media have published shocking photographs of handcuffed, half-naked soldiers who firmly put under harsh conditions.
A video of a visibly tipsy Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, at an EU summit in Latvia, is massively shared on the internet. The film dates back to May 2015 but was recently posted on YouTube. Since the video has now been viewed nearly a million times.
In Latvia, in area and a half times bigger than the Netherlands, with almost two million inhabitants, it does not refugees. You hear it everywhere; of the capital Riga to blond beaches with the fragrant pine forests on the Baltic Sea.
The Latvian police have seized a consignment of 60 kilos of cocaine disguised as charcoal the country had entered. The drug, compressed into portions of 100 grams, were hidden in hundreds of bags briquettes for the barbecue.
Latvia has started the construction of a fence along the border with Russia. The border fence must exclude illegal immigrants, writes the newspaper Neatkariga Rita Avize.
The Public Prosecutor in Utrecht hunt accomplices of a bitcoinbende, suspected of laundering millions of euros to digital money (bitcoins). Three suspects are currently facing the court.
After Prime Minister Cameron also has British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn responded to the probable death of Mohammed Emwazi (27), alias Jihadi John.
The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania would have suffered damages from Russia for the damage that the countries during the Soviet domination until 1991. That the Ministers of Justice of the three countries said Thursday in Riga.
