Week in Lithuania: Media watchdog urges Google to block banned TV apps, Seimas speaker visits Kyiv
Photo: REUTERS/SCANPIX Last week, the top news in Lithuania were the increase in the powers of authorities to curb war propaganda, Lithuania’s media…
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Covid-19 in Baltic States. 2 819 in Latvia 3 938 in Lithuania, 1 462 in Estonia
A total of 2 819 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. Ten people have died, of…
Mārtiņš Staķis intends to remain in his post as non-party mayor
The Mayor of Riga Mārtiņš Staķis plans to remain in charge of the city council as a non-party mayor. At the 25 March…
Ušakovs: no festivities on 9 May; the fallen should be commemorated at cemeteries
In a time when Russia attacks Ukraine, no celebration of Victory Day on 9 May is possible, the people who died in WWII…
Russia sentences Navalny to nine more years in prison
Russia’s leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who has been behind bars since 2021, has been sentenced to nine more years in prison in…
Half of Ukraine’s children have become refugees, UNICEF says
The first month of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has resulted in 4.3 million Ukrainian children becoming refugees, which is more than half of…
Latvian Ministry of Regional Development halts Riga’s territorial planning
Latvian Ministry of Environment Protection and Regional Development (VARAM) has decided to halt Riga’s territorial planning. The reason given is the non-compliance of…
President: crimes of Communism were never internationally tried and this resurrected totalitarianism in Russia
The crimes committed by Communism were never internationally tried by Europe or the former Soviet Union the same way as the crimes committed…
Day 30 of war in Ukraine: Attack on Kyiv suburbs expected, prisoner swap frees Snake Island sailors
On Friday, March 25, the Ukrainian Armed Forces expected the Russian Armed Forces to attack eastern suburbs of the capital Kyiv. In the…
