In order to support medical practitioners, epidemiologists, public-health professionals and other practitioners who are directly involved in reducing the spread of Covid-19 and work under high risk and heavy workload conditions, the Government decided today, on 26 March, to allocate a total of EUR 8 million in order to provide these persons with a three-month salary benefits.
Press releases
26.03.2020
Veselības ministrija
25.03.2020
Valsts kanceleja
In view of the epidemiological situation and in order to minimize the risk of further spread of Covid-19 among Latvian residents, the government has adopted new precautionary measures to ensure and control social-distancing.
19.03.2020
Ministru Kabinets
In order to reduce the risk of further spread of Covid-19 among the population of Latvia, the government has expanded the range of precautionary measures.
21.02.2020
Ministru prezidents
Following the successful implementation of a new financial crime prevention system, Latvia will not be subject to ‘enhanced surveillance’ or included in the so-called ‘grey list’, concluded the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at its plenary session in Paris on 21 February. Latvia is the first “Moneyval” member state that has successfully implemented all FATF recommendations.
07.02.2020
Ministru prezidents
On 7 February, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš participated in a meeting of the Baltic Council of Ministers, where, together with the Prime Ministers of Estonia and Lithuania, confirmed that there is close cooperation between the three Baltic States in the implementation of the projects that are of major importance for the region.
22.01.2020
Ministru prezidents
On 22 January, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš informed the media that he welcomes the Moneyval experts’ positive assessment of Latvia’s progress in the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing, by emphasizing that this is the result of the financial sector’s monitoring reform or “overhaul”.
09.01.2020
Ministru prezidents
Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš will pay a visit to Minsk - the capital city of Belarus, on Thursday 16 January, to meet with the country's senior officials and participate in a meeting on the organisation of the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2021.
24.10.2019
Valsts kanceleja
On Thursday 24 October, the Saeima appointed Santa Purgaile as the Chairperson of the Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC).
10.05.2019
Ministru prezidents
When discussing the strategic objectives of the European Union (EU) for the next five years at the informal European Council meeting in Sibiu (Romania), Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš stressed that climate change is one of the most pressing EU and global challenges. The countries alone are unable to meet this challenge. They must cooperate actively and take action.
01.01.2019
Ministru prezidents
Good evening, dear people of Latvia,
Good evening, fellow Latvians across the world whose hearts burn for our dear Latvia,
We say goodbye to this year and welcome a new one. It is a good time to look back on what has been done and think about the future.