Latvia’s State Revenue Service (VID) is implementing changes to make the institution more customer-friendly towards both residents and businesses, Prime Minister Evika Silina stated, Baltic News Network reports. Speaking after a meeting with VID director general Baiba Smite-Roke, Silina said that VID should become more efficient by reducing tax administration costs. VID plans to develop…
Estonia’s Ministry of Education and Research is seeking to amend legislation to better regulate the administrative language of municipalities and universities, ensuring that dealing with the entities does not require the use of a foreign language, ERR reports. The amendment would enforce existing requirements for municipalities to conduct administrative affairs in Estonian, addressing instances where…
Latvia’s Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Inga Berzina, has proposed renaming the ministry to the Ministry of Nature Protection and Regional Development, LETA reports. Earlier, environmental services were transferred to the Ministry of Climate and Energy. Berzina said that the name change could be implemented after the distribution of functions in July 2024….