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Saruna ar Latvijas Izglītības un zinātnes darbinieku arodbiedrības (LIZDA) priekšsēdētāju Ingu Vanagu

The satirist Mikhail Zhvanetsky is said to have said that it is better to deal with troubles in the order in which they occur. But the Ukrainian war, refugees, the looming food crisis, rising car fuel and combustible fuel prices all overlap... It seems like we have enough problems, but it is not enough yet. Lest the people of Latvia think that life is a peach, Covid that has been killing life and ruining the country's economy for the past two years is slowly returning to the top of the list of current disasters.

This summer, many airports around the world have been in chaos due to last-minute flight cancellations. In June, various problems led to the cancellation of a large number of flights in Asia, pilot shortages left LaGuardia and Newark airports (USA) semi-paralyzed, and global air transport problems converged in Europe, where airport chaos spread from London to Amsterdam and Berlin. The number of flights cancelled is estimated in the many thousands. The situation has now improved somewhat, but even now a passenger cannot be sure that his lovely journey will go as planned and that he will not be stranded for hours or even days in a hotel or airport premises.

Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan has won the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. She became a Kazakh citizen in 2018, but until then was a Russian citizen. Either way, this is a huge, unprecedented sporting achievement for the country of Kazakhstan, and an opportunity to be proud.

The Russian army invaded Ukraine on February 24 without any sensible motivation and continues to do terrible things there - kill, rape, loot, destroy infrastructure. And lie - lie all the time.

Saruna ar Latvijas Restorānu biedrības prezidentu Jāni Jenzi

A conversation with Jānis Jenzis, President of the Latvian Restaurant Association.

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Saruna ar Latvijas Tirgotāju asociācijas prezidentu Henriku Danusēviču

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.

Saruna ar Saeimas deputātu, Latvijas Zemnieku savienības priekšsēdētāju Armandu Krauzi (ZZS)

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.

Saruna ar Armandu Krauzi, Latvijas Zemnieku savienības priekšsēdētāju

On May 5, the Ventspils City Council decided to submit an application to the Constitutional Court in order to have the port reform repealed.

Saruna ar 13. Saeimas deputātu, Saeimas Ilgtspējīgas attīstības komisijas vadītāju Vjačeslavu Dombrovski

Saruna ar sociāldemokrātiskās partijas “Saskaņa” vadītāju Jāni Urbanoviču

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.

Saruna ar Latvijas Zemnieku savienības priekšsēdētāju, Saeimas deputātu Armandu Krauzi (ZZS)

Saruna ar Latvijas Mākslas akadēmijas profesoru, Rīgas Svētā Pētera nodibinājuma valdes locekli Ojāru Spārīti