Evika Silina announced her resignation on Thursday, a day after the Progressives party, her left-leaning coalition partner, withdrew its support over her decision to fire the defence minister, Andris Spruds, a Progressives member. The Progressives' move left Silina, who leads the centre-right New Unity party, without a ruling majority. Latvia's president, Edgars Rinkevics, is due to meet all party representatives on Friday for talks on a new government.
Latvian centre-right Prime Minister Evika Silina has announced her resignation, after the Progressives Party, her left-leaning coalition partner, pulled support from the government and left her without a majority. I am resigning, but I am not giving up, Silina, who has been prime minister since 2023, said in a televised statement on Thursday.