Tuesday, April 14, 2026

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A special representative of the Saeima will be attending to the Republican-led US Congress

Adapting to the new working style of the administration of Latvia’s strategic partner, the Saeima Presidium has decided to send its representative to Washington, the capital of the United States, who will be responsible for good relations with the US Congress. Lithuania’s legislature has had such a representative for a longer time already, and their performance can only be envied. The Chair of the Saeima Foreign Affairs Committee, Ināra Mūrniece, a representative of the opposition National Alliance, has called this decision by the parliament’s Presidium […]

An alternative to huge wind turbines has been created

While in Latvia people are still fiercely debating the usefulness of wind energy and the impact of wind turbines on the landscape, the US company Airloom Energy has developed a new wind turbine system that more closely resembles a carousel and could create significant competition for the conventional turbines used until now, whose height can already even be twice that of St. Peter’s Church. The original article is available on Inc.com The article has been translated with […]

Artificial intelligence cannot cope with operating a vending machine

Artificial intelligence was entrusted with running a vending machine for one month. The experiment proved that it cannot cope even with the concept of passive income. The original article is available on Inc.com. The article is translated with the help of artificial intelligence, but it has been edited by an editor. What happens if Artificial Intelligence is entrusted with running a very small business? AI system developer and security tester attempted to answer this question […]

State travel enthusiasm: ministries and the prime minister have spent more than a million euros on business trips in the first quarter of this year

Among the ministers, the prime minister has traveled the most, while the farthest trips have been made by officials from the Ministry of Finance, the Minister of Agriculture, and an expert from the Ministry of Welfare. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence together have spent even slightly more than all the other ministries combined. How can it be that the Ministry of Climate and Energy (KEM) is ranked so high, when I haven’t been anywhere at all!? Probably about […]

Maintaining the capital’s city council is becoming more expensive for Riga residents

Despite residents’ dissatisfaction (possibly artificially created) with the expansion of bureaucracy in the Riga City Council, the capital’s municipality, in the name of coalition stability, decided today that the Mayor of Riga will once again have three deputies or vice-mayors. The third vice-mayor’s position will cost tax-paying Riga residents 167.22 thousand euros per year. Before the Council meeting, the municipality addressed the city’s residents about the restoration of the third vice-mayor’s position and invited them to […]

The impossible audit – the State Data Inspectorate has announced a procurement to carry out an audit of the IT platforms used to support the 2025 municipal elections

The State Digital Development Agency (VDAA) on June 26 announced a procurement to carry out an audit of the IT platforms used to support the 2025 municipal elections. Interestingly, the agency apparently expects that someone will carry out such an audit in a single working day. The procurement documents indicate that the contract performance period is theoretically 15 days, however, given the overall scope of work and the requirements set for the bidders, as […]

Most of your marketing expenses are wasted

Here you will find two simple ways to fix it without draining your bank account! The original article is available on inc.com. The article has been translated with the help of artificial intelligence, but it has been edited by an editor. I have had many dogs in my life – I truly love them – and if there is anything I am known for, it is a squirrel brain. Every […]

In the 14th Saeima elections, the SAB deemed the use of Latvia.lv unsafe

Already in the previous Saeima elections, the Constitution Protection Bureau (SAB) deemed the portal Latvija.lv, created by the State Digital Development Agency (VDAA), to be insecure and requested that it not be used in the elections, according to information available to Inc. In its restricted-access (IP) document, SAB urgently asked the organizers of the election process to assess the technical possibilities of not using the unified authentication mechanism of the http://www.latvija.lv portal in the Electronic Online Voter Register and in the Election Management Systems. […]

Chocolate prices are rising rapidly, but this company has a solution

Voyage Foods produces alternatives to products such as coffee, peanut butter, and chocolate. But is chocolate really chocolate without cocoa? ! The original article is available on inc.com. The article has been translated with the help of artificial intelligence. It has been proofread by an editor and contains no factual errors, but the language style has not been edited. The prices on the chocolate shelves are starting to taste a little bitter. It is expected that in 2025 […]

Which artificial intelligence tool to choose for written assignments?

So, you want to use artificial intelligence to help create business documents? Start by choosing the right tool for the job. ! The original article is available on inc.com. The article has been translated with the help of artificial intelligence. It has been proofread by an editor and contains no factual errors, but its language style has not been edited.  According to the McKinsey report State of AI: Global Survey, in 2024 more than […]