Latvian top politicians suggest increasing defence budget to 2.5% of GDP
Both Latvia’s Minister of Defence Artis Pabriks and Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš suggest gradually increasing the country’s defence budget to 2.5% of GDP….
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PHOTOS: Latvian Olympic athletes depart for Beijing
On Wednesday, 26 January, the first group of Latvian Olympic athletes departed from Riga International Airport for the Beijing Olympic Games 2022. The…
Berlin police authorised to remove yellow star badges from vaccination protesters
Law enforcement officers in the German capital have been authorised to act against people with yellow star badges and other symbols linked to…
BNN ANALYSES | Lithuania inches up in global Corruption Perceptions Index 2021
Linas Jegelevičius for the BNN In the most recent Transparency International (TI) global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2021, Lithuania scored 61 points on…
CSP reports increased numbers of entrant students and graduates in Latvia
In the academic year 2021/2022, 77.4 thousand students are enrolled in higher education, which is 1.5 % less than a year ago. However,…
Spanish region to acquit hundreds of people blamed for witchcraft
Following the example of other countries in Europe, the Catalan regional parliament in Spain has adopted a resolution to acquit up to 1…
Covid-19 in Baltics States. 9 087 in Latvia, 10 630 in Lithuania, 6 238 in Estonia
A total of 9 087 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 3 652 of the patients…
Entrepreneurs: Latvian PM should apologize for making false claims
«The public claim from the prime minister that residents in Latvia sustain entrepreneurs from their taxes is completely false, offensive to entrepreneurs and…
NATO and US reject Russia’s military guarantee demands
The NATO military alliance and the US have rejected the military guarantee demands Russia has made as to the security of Ukraine, Georgia…
