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Ministry of Transport is a leading institution of state administration of transport and communication branches which elaborates legal acts and policy planning documents regulating the branch. It provides the implementation of the transport policy.
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ASEM - The Asia-Europe Meeting
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Rail Baltica
Rail Baltica Global project is an initiative of great significance and added value both in the Baltic Sea region and Europe as a whole. Rail Baltica is an essential part of the European standard 1435 mm gauge Trans - European Transport Network (TEN-T) North Sea - Baltic Corridor – a new electrified high speed double standard gauge railway line equipped with…
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Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU
Brexit is the process of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (EU). At midnight on 31 January 2020 CET (respectively, on 1 February 2020, at 01:00 Latvian time), the United Kingdom withdrew from the EU.
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Upon accession to the European Union (EU), significant EU funds for transport infrastructure development are available to Latvia. Latvia received 174 million EUR from the Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession (ISPA) during the period from 2000 to 2006, but after May 1, 2004 until the end of the programming period in 2006, Latvia received 181…
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Published: 03.08.2020.
Updated: 03.04.2025.
Minister of Transport
Minister of Transport Atis Švinka
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Acting State Secretary
Acting State Secretary Andulis Židkovs
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Parliamentary Secretary Ģirts Dubkēvičs
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