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Analyses | | Bartosz Chmielewski

Latvia Kariņšs second government

On 14 December, the Latvian Parliament (Saeima) gave a vote of confidence to the government of Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš. The new cabinet was supported by 54 out of 100 parliamentarians, with 37 opposed. This ended the two-and-a-half…
Analyses | | Katarzyna Chawryło

Russian independent TV station Dozhd loses Latvian broadcasting license

On 6 December, Latvia’s Electronic Media Council (NEPLP, the state media market regulator) revoked the broadcasting license of Dozhd (TV Rain) – a Russian anti-Kremlin opposition television station operating in the country. The step was…
Analyses | | Jacek Tarociński, Justyna Gotkowska

Expectations versus reality NATO brigades in the Baltic states

At the end of November, the Estonian defence minister Hanno Pevkur and his German counterpart Christine Lambrecht held discussions in Berlin on the German and allied military presence in the Baltic states. They announced the start of a…
Analyses | | Bartosz Chmielewski

Latvia to reintroduce conscription

On 6 September, the Latvian government adopted proposal from the Defence Ministry regarding the establishment of the state defence service (Valsts aizsardzības dienests, VAD), one element of which is to be annual military service, to be…