Thursday, April 16, 2026

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municipal oversight

Matryoshkas may not be sold only at the Central Market; at the Town Hall Square – they may.

Matryoshkas, or nested wooden dolls that were targeted late last year by Riga’s Deputy Mayor Edvards Ratnieks, have disappeared from Riga Central Market but are freely available in souvenir shops right under the nose of Riga City Council. Inc. confirmed this on site after a market vendor drew attention to this injustice. She complained that the municipal leadership “has nothing to do and only knows how to deal with […]

The State Audit Office might have difficulties auditing the MAF, because the State Auditor’s wife is involved in evaluating media projects

“Ploka was driven to despair by all of this. She had turned to the State Audit Office with a request to carry out an audit of the SIF. Zaiga [Pūce–ed.] left and that was a good moment. The State Audit Office said “no”, and I think that one of the reasons is that Zitmane is the wife of the Auditor General. If they start digging there, it may turn out that she is there […]

SIF spends more on maintaining the institution itself than on media, NGO and family support programs combined

Should the Society Integration Foundation (SIF) be liquidated? This question has surfaced on social media after the Union of Greens and Farmers submitted a proposal in the Saeima to liquidate it. Inc. looked into how SIF spends the budget funds that are allocated to this organization every year; in 2025 this amounts to 37 million euros.  An interesting picture emerges – SIF not only for maintaining the institution itself SIF […]