On Friday 12 July, the State Chancellery will launch an open competition for the post of Chairman of the Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC). Applicants are encouraged to apply before 12…
The Cabinet of Ministers approved a draft regulation regarding the selection of candidates for the post of Chairman of the Financial and Capital Market Commission’s (FCMC) Council on 9 July. The…
Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš will leave for a working visit to the United States from 8 to 15 July. The Prime Minister will meet with representatives of the US presidential administration and…
Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš and Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven discussed bilateral cooperation between the two countries and issues regarding the European Union (EU) and security policy…
On Thursday 20 June, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš, Prime Ministers of Lithuania, Estonia and Poland and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker signed, in the presence of the…
On Thursday 13 June, the Members of the Parliament supported in the third reading the amendments to the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing. The changes were needed to…
Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš has commended the Latvian Parliament’s decisive vote to pass landmark reforms to strengthen financial sector supervision into law. Mr Kariņš said: “These ambitious…
13 June marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Baltic Council of Ministers (BCM) in 1994 in Tallinn for the purpose of ensuring cooperation between the governments of the Baltic…
Prime Minster Krišjānis Kariņš, during his speech today at “The Riga StratCom Dialogue 2019”, stressed the need to introduce the European level regulation for social media platforms. “Social media…
On Friday 31 May, during the High Council meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia and the Foreign Investors' Council (FICIL), the government and investors agreed on the most important…