### A brief overview of the seminar co-organised by the joint-stock company Latvijas Finieris and the association Zaļās mājas, and the opening of the new warehouse at the Furniers factory owned by Latvijas Finieris

 

### The 7th International Conference of the Forest Certification Council of Latvia (LMSP) "Sustainability of land-use sectors – in the context of European environmental policy requirements and geopolitical realities", 3 November at the Faculty of Forestry of the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies (LLU).

 

### On support for our Ukrainian colleagues. The 11th shipment has already reached the Volyn region
lmsp.lv · atbalsts kolegiem ukraina volinijas apgabalu saniegusi jau 1…

 

### Honey Festival organised by colleagues from the Ogre Technical School in Vecbebri on 3 September

 

### The European Tree of the Year competition has been extended until 4 September.

 

Guntars Gūte discusses the energy crisis, options and challenges for overcoming it, and development forecasts for the timber industry with Kristaps Klauss, Executive Director of the Latvian Forest Industry Federation.

Aldis from Tukums writes: "It is not hard to notice that we are cutting down forests more and more. If Latvijas valsts meži at least leaves behind relatively well-maintained felling sites and is seriously engaged in forest restoration and planting, then in the places of private owners' felling sites, there is often such a mess that one could break one's neck. Do they not have an obligation to clean all this up, and where can I turn to report such disorder?"

 

Currently, every sunny day in the countryside is being used for harvesting; farmers are mostly not complaining about the crop, but naturally, they also have to take into account that energy resource prices have risen. This is why the agricultural services cooperative society "Daiva" in the Jeri parish of the Valmiera region now truly appreciates the decision made some time ago to switch to local fuel to power the grain dryer, using the chaff obtained during the grain primary processing process for this purpose.

 

...once the first hectares have been harvested, it can be said quite confidently that the grain yield will be good. The question is about the quality of the grain and which quality category it will fall into. Therefore, in Latvia, the question is not whether we will have enough grain. As in other years, the grain harvest is good, and this will allow us to both provide for grain processing and domestic consumption in full, as well as have enough for export.

 

Public administration lacks the goals and motivation for more effective work with visible and measurable results; therefore, instead of solving problems, a reason is often sought as to why it is not worth solving the problem at all. If we want the standard of living in Latvia to improve and for the economy to develop, public administration should be thinking about how to create the best possible environment for business and citizens.

The majority of Latvians working in international organisations are ready to cooperate with Latvia, according to a study titled "Engagement of Latvian professionals in diaspora diplomacy and the potential of network diplomacy", presented on Wednesday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The study was conducted to determine how to build purposeful and systemic cooperation with professionals from Latvia working in international organisations.

The study shows that 10% of respondents have cooperated closely with Latvia over the last five years, 18% have cooperated occasionally, 28% cooperate on rare occasions, but 42% have not had any cooperation to date.

In August, the magazine "Medības" turns ten years old, and for all these years, the magazine's editor-in-chief has been Linda Dombrovska. She is also the editor of the portal "medibam.lv" and the author of countless podcasts, an enthusiast of shooting sports, Vice President of the European Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation, and founder of the Latvian Ladies' Hunters Club.

 

Before the eyes of the West, Russia slowly rebuilt its position for almost twenty years.

During this time, the West chose a geopolitical slumber rather than sensible vigilance. The West chose not to see the growing problem, instead of facing it in good time.

Europe arrived at today's situation not because it was not integrated enough, but because it did not want to listen to the voice of truth. For many years, this voice had been sounding from Poland.

Poland does not claim a monopoly on the truth, but in matters related to relations with Russia, it has much richer experience than others.

Polish President Lech Kaczyński was right when, like Cassandra predicting the fall of Troy, he said many years ago that Russia would not stop at Georgia and would strive for more. And he, too, remained unheard.

...I mentioned three examples to show that the problems we are currently struggling with desperately have been known for years, maybe even decades, but it has always been more convenient, and perhaps even profitable for someone, to postpone the solution.

The first example – was the fact that Latvia urgently needs to strengthen its border with Russia and Belarus not clear, at the latest, in 2015, when the European Union was hit by a very serious migration crisis?

And so, in 2020, we were not really ready for the hybrid war organised by the Belarusian dictator Lukashenko, when thousands of migrants specially supplied from the Middle East were sent towards Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, and in a way, we were lucky that the biggest blows were not aimed at Latvia.

The second example – was the fact that we need to build an army that is combat-capable not just on paper, but in reality, including serious consideration of reserves, not clear in 2008 when Russia invaded Georgia or, at the latest, in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea and aggression in Eastern Ukraine?

The third example – was the fact that Russian gas is not a secure energy resource not clear long ago? Around 2008, Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar had arrived in Riga for a conference to tell about his new book, which was titled "Gazprom. Russia's New Weapon".

delfi.lv · negu sezona sakusies cena tirgu sasniegusi rekordu.d
There is nothing wrong with the quality of lampreys this year. Lampreys are already fat enough; only at the beginning are they of both larger and smaller sizes. By autumn, they are all roughly the same size, with each lamprey weighing about 80 grams. By winter, the lamprey loses its fatness, leaving only muscle. October and November will be the best lamprey months. But in general, one can feel that there are fewer lampreys every year. Following the collapse of the second Carnikava fishing company, their traps and licences were bought by local lamprey roasters, who also fish a little bit, but "Leste" is the only fishing company left. Previously, when bringing the catch ashore, the roasters would already be waiting for the fishermen on the shore, and they would have been ready to outbid each other. Aldonis Lūkins says that now all agreements take place mostly by phone, and the fishermen try to sell the lampreys to the roasters almost in a queue – so that everyone who wanted some gets some.