LW #182: Bus Cartel Busted, Diplomatic Drama, and News from January 18th - 24th, 2023

Latvia Weekly

Otto and Joe discuss some of the biggest stories of the previous week such as a hefty fine levied on badly behaving bus operators, the downgrading of diplomatic relations between Russia and Latvia, more defections from a Conservative party on life support, potential new language requirements for political campaigns, stabilizing water levels in Jēkabpils, and more! If you would like to donate to the ENGtegration for Ukraine project, you can do it here at the Baltic Security Foundation's webpage here: balticsecurity.eu/support/ Theme song "Mēs esam ārzemnieki" by Aarzemnieki, used with permission Closing theme song: Think Tank by Audionautix audionautix.com​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/_think-tank​ Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/mbV9t1Z0rA8 Photo credit: Dāvis Kļaviņš, used with a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)license https://www.flickr.com/photos/davisklavins/51849442921