Riga mayor: the monument complex in Victory Park is declared unsafe
The monument complex located in Victory Park is officially declared unsafe. Because of this the municipal administration will fence it off, said Mayor…
Author: Ogres
Weather to start off warmer in Latvia, but will change around Easter
Previously daytime weather in Latvia was dictated by cyclone activity. This week, however, its influence will decrease. With increased atmospheric pressure there will…
BNN summary of the week: Russia without human rights. 9 May renamed. Inflation volumes
This week Russia’s army continued its unimaginable activities in Ukraine. News were received about killed civilians, mass graves, rape and other atrocities. The…
Week in Lithuania: Lithuania starts retransmitting Ukrainian public radio programme, intelligence warns of possible provocations
Last week, 1,775 new Covid-19 cases, 11 deaths reported on Friday, body of filmmaker, killed in Ukraine, brought back to Lithuania KS Holding…
Russian forces bombard railway station full of refugees in Kramatorsk
On Friday, 8 April, Russian armed forces in Ukraine attacked a train station in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast with missiles. Dozens of people killed,…
Everything is so expensive now. Inflation in Latvia – 11.5%
The latest data of the Central Statistical Bureau show that in March 2022, compared to March 2021, the average level of consumer prices…
INTERVIEW | Latvia’s ex-prime minister blasts criminally accused ex-mayor of Ventspils
Author: Dainis Lemešonoks, Ventspilnieks.lv With the 14th Saeima elections closer and closer, Latvian Union of Farmers – the backbone of the parliament’s opposition…
Latvia officially declares 9 May Day of Commemoration of Victims Who Died in Ukraine
On Thursday, 8 April, Latvia’s Saeima passed in the final reading the Law on the Day of Commemoration of Victims Who Died in…
Russia expelled from UN Human Rights Council for massive human rights violations
On Thursday, 7 April, Latvia supported the resolution proposed by the UN General Assembly on expelling Russia from the UN Human Rights Council,…
