Audit office warns taxpayers' 545 million euros in airline may be written off
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The State Audit Office reports that over 545 million euros of taxpayer money invested in airBaltic may have already been written off. This discovery arrived just as the Saeima approved a budget deficit that long-time members described as a great surprise.
Publicist Lato Lapsa has turned his attention to Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs, criticizing his stance on Russian grain as a move that could harm the national interest. Mr Kulbergs is currently attempting to lead the formation of a new government, a task that rarely benefits from public comparisons to selling the rope that will hang the country.
Law enforcement has requested the public's help to find Nauris Kvēpiņš, a boy born in 2013 who has been reported missing.