As the lackluster election campaign drags on, and we are subjected to more and more promises that will either remain unfulfilled or swell our already burgeoning public debt, crisis hit Latvia is...

The Federation of Hunters, Trappers and Conservationists – or whatever they are called – yesterday came out with absurd proposals calling on the political parties to “ban foreigners...

In this virtual flood of electoral pledges that we have had over the last weeks, the better ideas, those that hold the possibility of fundamentally changing the way things operate in this country,...

All the nice-sounding solutions will not help people waiting for the bus   Time and again, even before the current election campaign, and the issue of health services is frequently...

Candidates for the forthcoming General Election yesterday began submitting their nominations for a seat in the House of Parliament at Evens Building.   As has become the norm – the...

Alternattiva Demokratika yesterday slammed the Labour Party and the Nationalist Party, accusing them of acting like Father Christmas and using electoral gimmicks as they both fish for...

As the country nears the half-way mark of the general election campaign, it stands to reason that the last thing either of the two main political parties would like to enter into is a debate over...

Ah, the blessing of continuity. In the wake of David Cameron’s declaration that the UK wanted to renegotiate its EU membership package, Opposition leader Joseph Muscat commented the issue of...

Proposals to distribute tablets for free to school children, unveiled yesterday morning by both parties have completely overshadowed every other issue on the agenda of the election campaign. One thing...

The Labour Party’s proposals for sweeping reforms in the justice system are most welcome, the problems plaguing the delivery of justice in this country have been with us for decades now and it...