Chairman of Jelgava municipal council resigns after period of instability
On Wednesday, 5 January, chairman of Jelgava municipal council Ziedonis Caune, who previously announced his resignation, was dismissed from his post. He did…
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Latvian authorities have plans to send excess refugees from Mucenieki centre to Aluksne
The former boarding school building in Aluksne municipality’s Liepna Parish will be made into an asylum seeker accommodation centre, as reported by Latvian…
South African research points to reduced hospitalisations with Omicron, compared to Delta
Results of a study by South African scientists indicated that people infected with the Omicron variant of the virus SARS-CoV-2 are less likely…
Media: does the management get bigger wages if there is less freight?
Looking at annual accounts published by state joint-stock company Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz), there are certain positions that have increased an in which the…
Electricity prices hit new records in Latvia in December
In December 2021 there were multiple electricity price records observed in Latvia: the average price in the country’s trade region reached 207.40 EUR/MWh,…
French President criticised for seeking to pressure unvaccinated population
French President Emmanuel Marcon has attracted criticism of planned epidemiological restrictions against the unvaccinated population of this country, by saying he wants to…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 1 835 in Latvia, 2 963 in Lithuania, 1 491 in Estonia
A total of 1 835 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 695 of the patients were…
Ex-insolvency administrator sentenced to prison in Latvia
Riga City Vidzeme Suburb Court has sentenced former insolvency administrator Danute Kuļkova to three years and five months in prison for embezzlement of…
Kazakh fuel price protests lead to government resignation
In Kazakhstan, a protest wave against a sudden and sharp rise in the price of liquidified natural gas as car fuel has resulted…
