Tuesday, April 14, 2026

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The Ministry of Education cannot find the list of schools to which the expensive computers were delivered

Officials of the Ministry of Education and Science (Ministry of Education) apparently cannot find information within their own system about which schools have received the 48 thousand purchased computers, for whose procurement process Minister Dace Melbārde initiated an internal investigation at the end of February.  Inc. has already written that the Ministry of Education has found an unprecedented way to exclude from the procurement a company that was able to provide the necessary computers […]

Despite the declared winner, in three Riga schools children will be catered without a tender by “Baltic Restaurants Latvia”

“Contracts have been concluded with caterers in all Riga schools” – with this announcement on Thursday, August 28, came Riga Vice Mayor Vilnis Ķirsis and the acting director of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, Ivars Balamovskis. However, they did not specify whether the contracts were concluded with the winners of the procurement or with someone else. Inc. already wrote at the beginning of August that, due to the sluggishness of the Riga City Council, there was a risk that several […]

Due to the Riga City Council, children in Riga schools may be left without lunch

For several months now, the Riga City Council has been delaying the signing of contracts with the companies that won the right in the spring lottery to provide catering for children in 25 Riga schools. Meanwhile, the previous caterers, who were less fortunate in the 53-million-euro draw, are refusing to vacate the premises of the school canteens, the winning companies report. There are three weeks left until the start of the school year and the first food portions – for the companies that […]