Hungary to make public communist-era informant files · BNN
Hungary has made a historic decision to release tens of thousands of communist-era police documents, allowing citizens to access information about informants and…
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Following reports of possible plague case, Latvian health authorities closely monitoring situation · BNN
The risk of the international spread of plague, including to Latvia, is considered very low even if the suspected case in Russia is…
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…
