Posts from ‘January, 2006’
Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Mother nature (frost)bites Baltics with extreme cold, record temperatures…
The cold streak began on Jan. 18, and the mercury only started to rise back up and approach minus 10 degrees on Jan. 24. At least 25 people froze to death in Latvia, and nearly as many perished in...
Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Gas and electricity suppliers benefit from cold spell…
"For comparison, upon temperature of negative 6 degrees Celsius, the daily gas consumption is about 8.5 million cubic meters," said Makaris, adding that gas from the Incukalns reservoir was also b...
Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Slesers calls for action against foreign-funded NGOs…
Lolita Cigane, a researcher for the political policy center Providus, discussed some of the hidden political advertisements that appeared in the media during the run up to last year's municipal el...
Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Greens and Farmers’ Union call for ban on political ads…
"The last election showed that with a massive campaign, votes were not based on residents' own choices, but because they [during the pre-election period] were inculcated [by campaigns]," First Par...
Wed, 18 Jan 2006, New nationalist party formed by radical youth group…
The new party will enter an already crowded playing field among right-wing parties, including established bulwarks like For Fatherland and Freedom and the People's Party. Many have pointed out tha...
Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Government calls for mandatory smoke detectors after tragic blaze…
Interior Ministry State Secretary Aivars Straume told the press that there had been talks about making smoke detectors mandatory since the late 1990s, but apparently it would takes a tragedy to ge...
Wed, 18 Jan 2006, European Parliament condemns homophobia in EU Poland and Latvia…
The resolution mentions "a series of worrying events [that] has recently taken place in a number of EU Member States as widely reported by the press and by NGOs, that have ranged from banning gay ...
Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Religious liberals bring in regional parties…
However, by bringing in four new parties, the Religious Liberals reportedly won out over a number of larger parties like New Era and the Greens and Farmers' Union. The four new members are For Ogr...
Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Grinbergs scandal adds new twist to old enmities…
Grinbergs is a member of the right wing New Era party, which is an arch-rival of Lembergs and has sought to have prosecutors investigate allegedly unlawful activity on the part of the Ventspils ma...
Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Queen Elizabeth plans visit to the Baltics…
A week later, the daily newspaper Lietuvos Rytas reported that Quenn Elizabeth II was expected to visit Lithuania in October. According to the report, the President's Office has already received c...
