Weather this week: snowy and foggy start, spring-like weekend
At the beginning of the new workweek, a large cyclone will approach Latvia, bringing cloudier skies, according to the Latvian Environment, Geology and…
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BNN IN FOCUS | Everyone knows what needs to be done, but no one does anything – Rajevskis on Siliņa’s futile reform talk
Can New Unity Prime Minister Evika Siliņa truly reduce bureaucracy, much like her predecessor from Unity, Valdis Dombrovskis, did 15 years ago? Or…
Belgium PM says seizing frozen Russian assets is an “act of war”
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever told reporters late on Thursday, the 20th of March, after a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels,…
Russia attacks Ukrainian Odesa during Czech President’s visit
Russia carried out one of the largest drone attacks on Ukraine’s Black Sea city Odesa late on Thursday evening, the 20th of March,…
Ticks are back, but vaccines stay on shelves – doctors warn of the consequences
By mid-March, the number of people vaccinated against tick-borne encephalitis at the Health Centre Association (VCA) clinics had decreased by one-third compared to…
VIDEO | Fire near Heathrow: flights disrupted due to closure of Europe’s busiest hub
Europe’s busiest airport, London Heathrow, will be closed all day on Friday, the 21st of March, causing travel chaos after a fire broke…
Latvia’s chief infectologist Dumpis: Five years after the pandemic and we’re still stuck
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, little has been done to prepare the medical system for future crises, and strategic mistakes are being made, including…
From a small budget to millions – how much profit has Flow made?
The worldwide box office revenue of director Gints Zilbalodis’s award-winning animated film Flow reached 36 million US dollars (over 33 million euros) as…
Trump signs executive order aimed at dismantling the US Department of Education
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, the 20th of March, accompanied by students and educators, which aims to essentially…
