(LSM.LV) We bring you another piece in cooperation with the Satori.lv culture portal from the Centenary Magazine paid for by the Culture Ministry. Penned by respected political scientist Ivars Ījabs and originally appearing under the…
(CIVICUS Monitor) As previously reported on the CIVICUS Monitor, in the last two years civic space in Latvia has been “deliberately” restricted. Civil society and the media are finding it increasingly difficult to…
(CIVICUS Monitor) The Latvian Civic Alliance has recently warned of a "deliberate weakening" of the civil society sector in Latvia following a decision by the government to set up its own…
(Crosol) In recent years we have seen the rise of the so called illiberal democracy politics in Eastern European EU member states. The recent political events in Poland and Hungary might…