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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Ukraine agrees to an energy ceasefire if Moscow also agrees. Zelensky also states that Donald Trump's announcement about an alleged energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia is new to him. #Ukraina #Krievija #enerģētika (translated)

Rami Kurimo wrote referring to an HS article that the author of the report, Sakari Kainulainen, had admitted that direct conclusions about the usefulness of immigrants could not be drawn from the report. Kurimo asked what this said about the quality of the report if its authors did not, in his opinion, believe in their own claims. #maahanmuutto #raportti #hyödyllisyys (translated)

Adrià Jiménez Muñoz wrote that Arsenal came back at the Emirates after reacting to being behind on the scoreboard. He rated the match as bad overall and attributed a key role in the comeback to Bruno Guimarães, whom he described as very active. He also considered that the team's level, including Saka's, was not good, although he noted that they had won again. #Arsenal #Fútbol #Victoria (translated)

"I think that right now we were talking about the economic and development direction - that is a question for Andris Kulbergs, he needs to come and show the list of work, that is all," says Linda Liepiņa, a member of the Saeima (Latvia First). #Politika #ValdībasVeidošana #Saeima (translated)

"The program was more rounded, there will be a bigger specificity," says Edgars Tavars, commenting on the upcoming proposal from Andris Kulbergs to potential government partners. Edgars Tavars explains what changes Kulbergs will bring. Regarding pricing methodology in procurements, Edgars Tavars promises new tools. Edgars Tavars believes that in the first 100 days, Kulbergs' government will accomplish 80% of the work. #Latvija #valdība #koalīcija (translated)

Didzis Veinbergs wrote that a man had become self-confident and presented himself as a dissident, claiming to be persecuted for his original beliefs. Veinbergs described it as a specific form of pathological narcissism and argued that such people consider others to be inferior while seeing themselves as particularly gifted and deserving of respect. https://t.co/m4gpw519zc #disidents #narcisismus #oriģinalitāte (translated)

The idea of liquidating the Society Integration Foundation (SIF) was expressed by ZZS at the beginning of the year. "The idea of liquidating the Society Integration Foundation (SIF) was expressed by ZZS at the beginning of the year. Where is it? It is, as people say, “moan... moan... moan...”. And that’s why ZZS did not overcome 5%. Either you go to the toilet, or you fulfill your promises!” says Aivars Lembergs, a representative of the party "For Latvia and Ventspils," which is part of ZZS. #ZZS #vēlēšanas #politika (translated)

Kai Suikka has been given a challenging task in Kouvola to improve KooKoo's poor start to the season, as the team has lost all ten of its matches, and CEO Sakari Välimaa emphasizes the coaching staff's responsibility for the players' performance. #KooKoo #KaiSuikkanen #Jääkiekko (translated)

Kulbergs shared information about the coalition partners' choice and the action plan for organizing the country's finances after meeting with President Rinkēvičs, emphasizing the need for the merger of ministries and a broad package of reforms. #koalīcija #valstspārvalde #finanses (translated)

Marats Kasems wrote that Sergejs Muļivanovs, whom he described as a pro-Kremlin activist, had previously organized street actions in Riga and had gone to the Cabinet of Ministers with posters. Kasems claimed that Muļivanovs had participated in a conference at the Moscow Institute of CIS Countries, where, according to him, the future of the indigenous peoples of the Baltic States was discussed in the event of the region's occupation. According to Kasems, Muļivanovs has not returned to Latvia after moving to Russia and obtained Russian citizenship in 2024. He pointed out that Ruslans Pankratovs had been looking for Muļivanovs, but publicly available Russian court databases contained a record of a person with the same full name being detained on April 3 under article 159 of the Russian Criminal Code for fraud. Kasems added that in the case materials, the suspect was described as someone who had recently obtained citizenship and was officially unemployed in Russia, and claimed that fraud could carry a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. Kasems sarcastically asked whether Muļivanovs' supporters would act on the principle of "not leaving their own behind" and suggested that the detention could be an attempt to force him to sign a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense and send him to war. He also noted that he had anticipated Allas Berezovska's reaction to the detention, but according to him, she had not written about this case. #vatņiki #krievija #nvsInstitūts #propaganda #muļivanovs #krievija #vatņiki #nvsInstitūts (translated)

"It is important for us that the President of the United States knows where Lithuania is and that Lithuanians are good people. (...) And this is important for us from a defense perspective, as the presence of U.S. troops in Lithuania greatly strengthens our deterrence." "Sometimes we interpret the words of the U.S. President in our own way, but in this case, I believe we really need to take seriously, as I said, the need for us to have Americans here in Lithuania and our own contributions, the American Lithuanians living there, the diaspora who care about their homeland," emphasized J. Olekas. #JAV #Lietuva #karinėbaze (translated)

Aivars wrote that, in his opinion, the "entire old guard" had been mobilized to prepare society for the idea that the United List cannot form a government without the New Unity. He pointed out that in the television segment, the New Unity was mentioned first and that Ozoliņa, while visiting Rēders, referred to it as the first. Aivars added that for years everything has been organized, and the changes threaten the well-being of many. #mobilizācija #sabiedrība #pārmaiņas (translated)

Peter Rasmussen wrote that several employees at B.T. had sent a so-called "concern letter" to editor-in-chief Simon Richard Nielsen because they believed, according to his presentation, that the newspaper's editorial line was too right-leaning. He described it as a showdown between the newspaper's line and left-leaning journalists. Rasmussen believed that B.T. lacked enough value-politically right-leaning journalists to run the newspaper without such a showdown. He also wrote that the newspaper was under pressure to moderate its line but claimed that the Danish population lay significantly to the right of the media. According to him, B.T. therefore filled a gap in the media landscape that no other media covered. He urged Simon Richard Nielsen to maintain the editorial line and wrote that a change could make B.T. unnecessary. #dkmedier https://t.co/IZEtDErAVd #dkmedier #journalistik #venstreorienteret (translated)

The Latvian government has proposed a five-year transition period to organize the relationships between land and property owners, setting a minimum land legal use fee at 4% of the cadastral value, while after the transition period, private parties will agree on the amount of the fee; otherwise, the matter will be brought to court. #zemeslietošana #īpašumi #tiesības (translated)

Reinis Liepiņš invited to take the opportunity to visit the Riga Dome at a time when, due to the installation of new bells, the entrance for a few days was via the Northern entrance hall from the Cathedral Square side. He pointed out that above the portal there is a wall painting "The Crowning of St. Mary," which he described as the oldest preserved medieval painting in the Baltic, created around 1360. https://t.co/xv5xHGeRSX #RīgasDoms #viduslaikuMāksla #izstāde (translated)