16. jūnijā plkst.18 Domina Shopping grāmatnīcā "Polaris" ASV dziedātāja un mūziķe, aktrise, mūzikas producente, "krievu roka krustmāte" Džoana Stingreja (Joanna Stingray) Rīgā prezentēs savu grāmatu "Red Wave: An American in the Soviet Music Underground" (“Sarkanais vilnis. Amerikāniete padomju mūzikas pagrīdē”). Viesu tulks būs viņas draugs, mūzikas kritiķis Aleksandrs Kans, nesen izdotās grāmatas “Galvenās 20. gadsimta dziesmas. No diksilenda līdz hiphopam” autors.
Based on amendments to the law, the National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) decided this morning to ban the distribution in Latvia of the remaining 80 Russian-registered TV channels that were previously available to Latvian viewers.
Par krimināllietu, kurā attaisnots, par valstiskiem pasākumiem pret sankcijām pakļautiem Krievijas un Baltkrievijas uzņēmumiem, par aktuāliem finanšu politikas jautājumiem “Neatkarīgās” intervija ar Saeimas deputātu, Finanšu ministrijas parlamentāro sekretāru Ati Zakatistovu.
Rīgas pilsētas Latgales priekšpilsētas tiesa ir attaisnojusi krāpšanā apsūdzēto uzņēmēju Viesturu Tamužu un Saeimas deputātu Ati Zakatistovu. Kas bija šī lieta, no kā tā sākās, kāds tai sakars ar iekšpolitikas kaislībām – par to “Neatkarīgās” intervija ar uzņēmēju Viesturu Tamužu.
The European edition of Novaya Gazeta, published in cooperation with the Rīgas Viļņi publishing house, has been published in Latvia since Friday. Novaya Gazeta, edited by Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov, was forced to suspend its work in Russia after the country's war against Ukraine imposed impossible conditions on objective media work. These included the censors' demand not to call a spade a spade - not to call the war in Ukraine a war, but a "special military operation". It has become humiliating, unbearable and dangerous for the newspaper's journalists to be in Russia.
The energy independence from Russia that everyone was talking about has been a specter in Europe for a long time. Since February 24, when Russia invaded Ukraine, it has become a dire necessity.
Saeima trešajā lasījumā ir pieņēmusi ilgi tapušo Rīgas Svētā Pētera baznīcas likumu. Tas nozīmē, ka dievnamu pārņems Rīgas Svētā Pētera baznīcas nodibinājums, kuru veido LELB Vācu Svētā Pētera draudze kopā ar Latvijas evaņģēliski luterisko Baznīcu.
Saeima has adopted the long-overdue law on St Peter's Church in Riga in its third reading. This means that the church will be taken over by the foundation of St Peter's Church in Riga, which is made up of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church (LELC) and the German St Peter's Congregation of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church.
On March 23 the world received sad news: Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as US Secretary of State, had died at the age of 84. Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs has expressed his condolences to her family and friends, noting that Albright had a great understanding of Europe and was a staunch supporter of NATO.