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"The main four pillars are: security and defence, health, education, and culture," he told the participants in a rally with called to protest against low wages and low funding in the cultural sector.

The campaign by workers in the arts and culture is called 'Kultūra (iz)dzīvo' which is tricky to translate precisely but suggests something along the lines of 'Culture (barely)survives' 

The Prime Minister, in his address to the march participants, indicated that he had heard t...