The once-used “cockroach chalk”: explosives and poison
Autumn is a time when residents often encounter cockroaches entering their homes, but the once-popular “cockroach chalk” is no longer available in Estonian…
Author: Ogres
Canadian Armed Forces soldier missing in Latvia
According to a public statement from the Canadian Joint Operations Command, George Hall, a vehicle technician with the 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, has…
Time to vote in Norway; a lot depends on geopolitical anxiety
Norwegians will go to the polls on the 7th and 8th of September to elect a new parliament, in a fierce race between…
Over 50,000 season-adapted Covid-19 vaccine doses delivered to Latvia
In August this year, Latvia received more than 50,000 doses of the Comirnaty LP.8.1 vaccine from the manufacturer, adapted to the Covid-19 variants…
Where will billions for Rail Baltica come from? The government is still only thinking
The framework sum of the Rail Baltica railway project and possible funding sources are expected to be submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers…
Trump to order Pentagon to be renamed Department of War
US President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order that will rename the US Department of Defense, or Pentagon, the Department of…
Warm weather continues – up to +27 degrees, but with fog and thunderstorm risk
On Friday, skies will be partly cloudy, with brief showers expected only in some eastern parts of the country. In the morning, patches…
Migration crisis: How Europe went from Merkel’s “We can do it” to closed doors
The migration crisis from a decade ago has changed Europe, and in the face of the next avalanche of asylum seekers, countries have…
New rules for students in Latvia: Distance learning may be allowed only in higher grades
On Thursday, the 4th of September, the Saeima supported amendments to the Education Law in the second reading, which would significantly restrict access…
