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Riga City Council committee supports broad restrictions on gambling

March 25, 2025

The Riga City Council Committee on Security, Order and the Prevention of Corruption approved draft binding regulations today to restrict the organisation of gambling in the administrative territory of the [..]

Latvia

KNAB seeks prosecution of former acting head of Riga City Council’s department for spatial planning and mobility for offering bribe

June 27, 2024

The Corruption Prevention Bureau (KNAB) has handed over to the prosecutor’s office a criminal case in which it obtained evidence that Janis Vaivods, former acting head of the Riga City [..]

Latvia

Riga City Council hands over 10 hectares of land in Lucavsala Island to Football Federation for construction of national football stadium

April 18, 2024

Riga City Council on Wednesday decided to transfer more than 10 hectares of land in Lucavsala Island in Riga to the Latvian Football Federation for construction of a national football [..]

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Riga City Council approves speed and parking restrictions for shared electric kick scooters

March 28, 2024

Riga City Council today approved speed and parking restrictions for shared electric kick scooters in the city. The first speed and parking restrictions for electric kick scooters in Riga will [..]

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Riga City Council decides to restore ownership of 22 land plots next to airport

March 7, 2024

Riga City Council on Wednesday decided to annul the resolution adopted on September 21, 2022 on the completion of the privatization of 22 land plots next to Riga Airport, thus [..]

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Head of Riga City Council’s Spatial Planning and Mobility Department probed for bribery

February 28, 2024

The Corruption Prevention Bureau (KNAB) on Monday raided the offices of Riga City Council’s Spatial Planning and Mobility Department as part of a bribery probe, LETA was told at KNAB. [..]

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Riga City Council decides to rename Maskavas iela and other Soviet-era street names in Riga

February 22, 2024

The Riga City Council on Wednesday decided to rename Maskavas iela and several other Soviet-era street names in the capital. Maskavas iela will be renamed Latgales iela, which is the [..]