ZZS leader: arrested ex-mayor of Ventspils has caught Covid-19 in prison
Ex-mayor of Ventspils Aivars Lembergs has caught Covid-19 in Riga Central Prison, as reported by Latvian Green Party and Union of Greens and…
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Germany thanks Merkel for 16 years as Chancellor
In Berlin, an honouring ceremony at the occasion of Chancellor Angela Merkel leaving office has been held. From the second week of December,…
Food basket. Latvian ministry lists what people need to survive
In the middle of October Latvia’s Ministry of Welfare presented the long-awaited and so-called subsistence minimum basket or relative expenditure of households on…
Air temperature in Latvia to continue dropping on the weekend
Heavy snowfall is expected in Latvia on the weekend. Colder masses of air will flow to Latvia on the weekend – air temperature…
Train tickets in Estonia to get 9.5% more expensive in 2022
Estonian passenger train operator Elron has announced making train tickets 9.5% more expensive from the new year, Estonian public broadcaster ERR reports. In…
BNN ANALYSES | Over 300 asylum requests being processed expeditiously in Lithuania
Linas Jegelevičius for the BNN Last week, in a surprising move to many, the Lithuanian Interior minister, Agnė Bilotaitė, announced while visiting the…
Heating energy tariff in Ādaži municipality Kadaga risks quadrupling
The heating energy tariff in Ādaži municipality Kadaga is at risk of climbing sharply, according to information from the municipality’s official website. SIA…
Lithuania’s record inflation affects savings and pay rises, experts evaluate
Eurostat’s estimates that Lithuania has experienced the highest inflation in the euro area – 9.3% – from November 2020 to November 2021, has…
Large cities in Latvia concerned surging electricity prices may impact their budgets
Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments (LLPA) is concerned about the rapid surge of electricity prices and its effect on municipal budgets….
