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From this year, members of election commissions will earn 30% more

Contrary to promises not to increase salaries in the public sector, the Cabinet of Ministers (MK) at the end of last year increased the remuneration of members of municipal election commissions and polling station commissions by about 30%, according to information on the MK legal acts portal. The new regulations came into force on January 1 of this year. Thus, if previously the hourly rate of the commission chairperson was 10 to 15 euros, the commission secretary earned from […]

More NGOs will learn to acquire funding; the first 52 organizations have graduated from the NGO incubator created by the SIF

According to an announcement published on December 30 on the SIF website, 52 organizations have graduated from the “NGO incubator” created by the Society Integration Foundation (SIF), which was established in mid-2025. In half a year, the NGO incubator has become a development platform for more than 100 organizations throughout Latvia. In the first NGO incubator cycle, 52 organizations participated, while in the second cycle, which has just started – 58 organizations have been admitted through a competitive selection process. “Looking back at their experience in the incubator, participants particularly highly valued the opportunity to receive individual mentor consultations on […]”

Campaign optimization experts; how to campaign correctly at a time when one election has already ended, but there is still time until the next one

My personal opinion about IShowSpeed’s visit to Latvia. About how to campaign correctly at a time when one election has already ended, but the campaign period for the next one has not yet begun. The first wave of outrage on social networks has passed, so we can calmly watch the 33‑minute shortened video on YouTube and analyze it step by step. As we already heard from “Panorāma”, Latvia paid the social media star for this visit […]