Total tax revenue in Latvia exceeded the planned amount by 5% in August 2017, according to information from State Treasury.

Inguna Sudraba, head of Saeima’s oligarch case investigation committee, met with Edgars Jansons, whose name was mentioned in the so-called oligarch talks, in a restaurant in Riga to «confirm that everything is the opposite to what was mentioned in talks», as reported by Nekā personīga programme of TV3.

Latvian Healthcare Ministry has declined the request from oncologists to exclude Rigvir medication from the list of compensated medicine and medicinal products register, as reported by De Factor programme.

Rihards Eigims was elected the new chairman of Daugavpils City Council today.

Prosecutor’s office has commenced criminal prosecution of a former insolvency administrator for embezzling more than EUR 25,000, as confirmed by Prosecutor General’s Office.

The current number of members of Par! movement is 316. This number may reach 500 in the coming months, which is needed to participate in Saeima elections, says board member Andulis Zidkovs.

On Thursday, 31 August, an agreement was reached during a meeting of National Council for Trilateral Cooperation’s Healthcare Industry’s Sub-Council in favour of a compromise variant of the healthcare funding legislative draft.

Latvian Association of Veterinarians performs certification and re-certification of veterinarians in the country. If Veterinary Medicine Faculty is not provided with a high-quality educational process in the new school year, Latvia risks becoming unable to compete with other European universities and within borders of the current veterinary market, says LVD chairperson Mara Viduza.

The number of companies that are indebted to State Revenue Service continues to increase. Since May 2017, there has been an increase in the number of people engaged in business activities, as well as the number of debtors before SRS, according to data from the Credit Information Bureau.

On Tuesday, 29 August, the Cabinet of Ministers supported a project that provides allocating and additional amount of EUR 5.8 million for healthcare.