OECD: Latvia needs rapid economic reforms to avoid a crisis
Latvia needs to improve its fiscal policy, reform its tax system, improve the public sector’s capabilities and attract investments in order to promote…
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Apinis: Global trends in use of medication by pregnant women and breastfeeding women
Author: Pēteris Apinis, physician. Opinion piece Currently, the world, including Latvia, is rethinking attitudes towards gender equality, often with exaggerations. Many participants in…
BNN ASKS | Politologist: claims about requests to falsify election results is the final “nail” for perception of legitimacy of power
Former secretary general of Unity political party Artis Kampars categorically denies the claims from “SOAAR” manager Renārs Kadžulis about the alleged attempts to…
BNN ANALYSES | A boring Lithuanian presidential campaign finally gets some traction – live TV debates
Linas Jegelevičius For the first time, Lithuania’s all eight presidential candidates met in a live, national broadcaster LRT-televised debates, trading jabs while weighing…
Britain’s Rwanda asylum seeker legislation comes into force
Britain’s King Charles on Thursday, the 25th of April, approved a government scheme backing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plan to send asylum seekers…
Election scandal in Latvia: Kampars responds to accusations of political interference
The claims from IT-technologies company “SOAAR” manager Renārs Kadžulis that Unity politicians had attempted to influence the vote-counting results in the Saeima elections…
Latvia behind Estonia and Lithuania capital market development-wise, INVL says
When it comes to capital market development, Latvia is approximately five years behind Estonia and Lithuania, as LETA was told by “INVL Asset…
Poland ready to help Ukraine bring back men of military age
Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Wednesday, the 24th of April, that Poland is ready to help Ukraine to bring military-age men…
Biden administration not fully confident Ukraine can win even with new aid
Some officials in the Joe Biden administration doubt whether the 60 billion US dollar aid package for Ukraine will be enough to help…
