No 3. augusta līdz 2.septembrim vēlētāji ārvalstīs var pieteikties balsošanai pa pastu 11. Saeimas vēlēšanās.

Reģistrēties pasta balsošanai 11.Saeimas vēlēšanās tiek aicināti tie vēlētāji ārvalstīs, kuriem nebūs iespējams vēlēšanu dienā nobalsot personīgi kādā no ārvalstīs izveidotajiem vēlēšanu iecirkņiem, no Rīgas ziņo Kristīne Bērziņa, Centrālās vēlēšanas komisijas Informācijas nodaļas vadītāja.

Saraksts ar vēlēšanu iecirkņiem ārzemēs nav vēl sastādīts.

Pieteikumus balsošanai pa pastu iespējams iesniegt 21 Latvijas Republikas diplomātiskajā un konsulārajā pārstāvniecībā – vēstniecībās ASV Vašingtonā, Azerbaidžānā Baku, Beļģijā Briselē, Grieķijā Atēnās, Igaunijā Tallinā, Izraēlā Telavivā, Īrijā Dublinā, Kanādā Otavā, Krievijā Maskavā, Ķīnā Pekinā, Lielbritānijā Londonā, Lietuvā Viļņā, Norvēģijā Oslo, Polijā Varšavā, Portugālē Lisabonā, Turcijā Ankarā, Vācijā Berlīnē, Zviedrijā Stokholmā, goda ģenerālkonsulātā Brazīlijā Sanpaulu, kā arī goda konsulātos Austrālijā Adelaidē un Sidnejā.

Lai pieteiktos balsošanai pa pastu, vēlētājam jebkurā no pārstāvniecībām, kuras pieņem pasta pieteikumus, jānogādā iesniegums un pase. Iesniegumu un pasi pārstāvniecībā var nogādāt gan pats vēlētājs, gan vēlētāja uzticības persona.

Reģistrējoties pasta balsošanai, pase nepieciešama, jo Saeimas vēlēšanās netiek lietots vēlētāju reģistrs, tāpēc vēlētāja pasē obligāti izdarāma atzīme – spiedogs – par dalību 11. Saeimas vēlēšanās.

Vairāk par balsošanas iespējām ārvalstīs 11.Saeimas vēlēšanās iespējams uzzināt Centrālās vēlēšanu komisijas interneta mājas lapā www.cvk.lv.

11. Saeimas vēlēšanas notiks 17. septembrī.

Police in southeastern England have arrested a man in connection with the murder of his wife, according to British media.

Agris Titāns, 24, was arrested the evening of Aug. 2 in Rochester, which is about 50 kilometers east of London. Titāns’ 22-year-old wife, Edīte Titāne, was found murdered Aug. 1 in a house in Rochester.

A post-mortem examination determined she had been strangled, the BBC reported.

The couple have a young child who is now in the care of Edīte Titāne’s mother.

Posted 00:31 GMT Aug. 2

Police in England are looking for a 24-year-old Latvian man in connection with the murder of his wife, according to British media reports.

Agris Titāns is being sought after the body of his 22-year-old wife, Edīte Titāne, was found the morning of Aug. 1 in a home in Rochester, which is in Medway about 50 kilometers east of London.

The Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate has begun an investigation into the death.

“We understand he moved to Medway from Latvia about three months ago in search of work and believe he may still be in the area,” Detective Chief Inspector Jon Clayden said in a press release.

Titāns is described as 5 feet, 5 inches (1.65 meters) tall and of slim build.

Kent Police are asking for anyone with information about the whereabouts of Titāns to telephone them at +44 01622 690690.

The new ambassador assigned to work with Latvia’s diaspora will be Rolands Lappuķe, says the man who was the first to hold the job.

In a July 29 email to media and other contacts, Juris Audariņš revealed that Lappuķe will replace him in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the special assignments ambassador on Latvian diaspora issues. Audariņš, who held the post since it was created in 2004, is moving to Canada to become Latvia’s ambassador there.

Ministry spokesman Gints Serafinovičs confirmed the appointment in an email to Latvians Online.

Lappuķe since 2009 has been Latvia’s ambassador to Spain.

Lappuķe is himself a product of the Latvian diaspora. He was born in 1956 in Courbevoie, France. Lappuķe studied at the Univeristy of Strasbourg, where he earned a doctorate in neuroscience. From 1982-1986 he taught at Latrobe University in Melbourne, Australia, and also was a biology and chemistry instructor at the Latvian high school in Muenster, Germany (Minsteres latviešu ģimnāzija).

Lappuķe’s diplomatic career began in 1993 when he was assigned to the staff of the Latvian embassy in Germany. In 1997 he became a counselor and in 1999 the ambassador in Latvia’s embassy in Portugal. He later served as a special assignments ambassador and then as ambassador to France.

Replacing Lappuķe in Spain will be Jānis Eichmanis, who received his letter of accreditation from President Andris Bērziņš on July 28, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Eichmanis was born in 1942 in Rīga. Educated in Canada and the United Kingdom, Eichmanis first worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992-1993. He then served as chief of staff for Latvian President Guntis Ulmanis. In 1995 he returned to government service in Canada, but in 1999 became a counselor and later deputy chief of mission in the Latvian embassy in Washington, D.C.

Eichmanis also has been the Latvian ambassador to Greece and to the NATO defense alliance.