Ferry traffic at Freeport of Ventspils reaches new peaks in 2022
The sea port has registered new records in ferry traffic. Certain pre-pandemic levels have been reached and even exceeded, as reported by the…
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Reznikov: Russia plans a large-scale attack in February
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov stated that Russia is planning a large-scale attack, which could begin as early as on the 24th of…
Latvia’s state budget deficit drop to one and a half billion euros
The Ministry of Finance reports that the rapid tax revenue last year assisted with improvement of the overall general budget balance. Nevertheless, the…
Latvia decides to extend state of emergency on Belarusian border
On Tuesday, the 31st of December, Latvia’s government supported extending the state of emergency on the Latvian-Belarusian border until the 10th of May…
Latvian Saeima considers unblocking Riga’s development plan
Minister of Environment Protection and Regional Development Māris Sprindžuks may decide to at least partially lift the block previously imposed by the last…
Russia sentences an exiled journalist to eight years in prison
The popular and controversial Russian journalist Alexander Nevzorov has been sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for spreading «fake news», writes…
Orbán advises Ukraine to surrender
While Western countries are supplying Ukraine with weapons, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is looking the other way and questioning Ukraine’s sovereignty, writes…
Competition doubles in road construction procurements in Latvian
While in 2018 the average number of contenders in a single procurement was 2.11, in 2022 this number increased to 4.07, as reported…
Inflation continues going down in Eurozone; unemployment in Latvia above average in EU
Annual inflation in Eurozone dropped to 8.5% in January 2023. In December 2022 it was 9.2%. In November inflation in Eurozone was 10.1%….
