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K.Kariņš also expressed the view that the Covid-19 pandemic has clearly demonstrated the need for cooperation between the countries. The European Union, to which Latvia is also a Member State, has built on a positive track record in resolving a number of issues despite criticism: first, last year, following long discussions it managed to reach an agreement on a multiannual budget and, for the first time, on the creation of a special recovery fund to overcome the consequences of the pandemic....

The first institutions that are involved in the project are as follows: Ministry of the Interior Procurement Monitoring Bureau Culture Information Systems Centre Investment and Development Agency of Latvia Ministry of Transport Ministry of Justice State Employment Agency State Regional Development Agency Health Inspection Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development Information Centre of the Ministry of the Interior Riga City Municipality  (as the unified website platform will also be available to municipalities in the future) and also the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control , which was included in the pilot project by the project implementers in response to the emergency caused by the Covid-19 virus, as its catastrophically outdated website serves as the main source of information regarding the spread of the virus in Latvia for many inhabitants of Latvia....

  The COVID-19 pandemic, climate, biodiversity and pollution crises have had a negative impact, exacerbated by the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine. On 13 September, the government approved the informative report “Towards 2023 UN Sustainable Development Goals” ....

  The Prime Minister acknowledged, at the beginning of his address, that the Covid-19 pandemic has further aggravated the current geopolitical challenges – relations with Russia, trade relations with China, the escalating disagreements in the Eastern Mediterranean region and the new outbreak of the military conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh....

With the entering into force of the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations on “Epidemiological Safety Measures for Limiting the Spread of the Covid-19 Virus” , which were suggested by the Ministry of Health and approved today at the government meeting, the order that regulated social and physical distancing measures for culture institutions and requirements for event venue disinfection (so-called sanitary protocol) previously issued by the Minister of Culture is no longer in force....

On Wednesday 8 December, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš participated in the meeting of the Heads of Government of the Baltic Council of Ministers (BCM), and together with Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Šimonytė and Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas discussed a wide range of issues - the current security situation in the region, the fight against COVID-19, fast-rising electricity prices, progress towards the green and digital transition and the development of regional infrastructure projects....

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For detailed information on the Draft Law on Innovative Entrepreneurship and Support of Priority Projects please visit the Legal Acts’ Portal .  The current framework for priority investment projects is based on the Law on the Management of the Consequences of the Spread of COVID-19 Infection of 10 June 2020 and is included in Cabinet Regulation No 83 “On the Servicing of Priority Investment Projects” of 4 February 2021....

It should be noted that the increase in tax revenue in the medium-term is forecast to be equal in both the state and local-government budgets. The balance is also improved in the medium-term compared to the spring forecast by lower state budget expenditure on social benefits, when the Ministry of Welfare mainly reduces the projected amount of expenditure for the payment of sickness benefits on the basis of the assumption of a sharp decrease in the number of beneficiaries in the post-COVID-19 period....

Cyberattacks and disinformation, which have become increasingly destructive and frequent, as the COVID-19 crisis showed, are a threat to democracy and social cohesion because of their influence on public debate, on public policies and on election campaigns....

NB! (information for the media): The application for accreditation is closed. To attend the below media events, media are required to obtain a special accreditation for each media representative. Media events taking place indoors are open to accredited media only if they can present a valid certificate verifying that they have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or have successfully recovered from the virus....

This service was introduced in order to reduce the long-term negative impact on the mental health of society caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and to ensure access to psychological assistance and psychological health services for Latvian residents....

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