airBaltic faces mass layoffs as up to 700 jobs could be cut · BNN
Latvia’s national airline airBaltic is continuing to implement its new business plan, gradually adapting the company to its future operating model. One of…
Separatist party wins Quebec provincial election; national government faces a headache · BNN
Victory in the Quebec provincial election has given the pro-sovereignty Parti Québécois (PQ) the chance to take the reins of power for the…
After Stability! election collapse, Rosļikovs has no plans to return to Latvia for now · BNN
Following the election result in which Stability! received 1.997% of the vote, failing to enter the Saeima and losing state funding, party leader…
Snap elections to be held in Spain in November · BNN
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on the 5th of October that snap elections would be held in the country on the 29th…
Raccoons taking over the Curonian Spit; hunting to be permitted · BNN
Raccoons on the Curonian Spit are being counted and monitored, and authorities are preparing a plan to combat this invasive species; hunting is…
Former Latvian PM suggests her party could have performed better if it had not joined Kulbergs’ government · BNN
Former Prime Minister and New Unity (JV) politician Evika Siliņa has suggested that her party might have performed better in Latvia’s 15th Saeima…
Americans withdraw bombers from British Air Force base · BNN
Following arrests made a week ago near the Royal Air Force (RAF) base at Fairford and the launch of an investigation into a…
Large cyclone approaches Latvia from the northwest, bringing more unsettled weather · BNN
Compared with the beginning of October, the new week will start with more unsettled weather. As a large cyclone approaches Latvia from the…
United List achieves best-ever result with 42 seats · BNN
With around 99% of the votes counted in Latvia’s 15th Saeima election, the United List (AS) has secured a decisive victory, winning 42…
