US delegation to skip G20 summit
US President Donald Trump has said that US government officials will not attend the G20 summit scheduled for November in South Africa due…
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Rusiņš is still wanted and has been placed on an international wanted list as a dangerous criminal
Leons Rusiņš, accused of killing a woman in front of her child and mother, is still being sought by police and has been…
Talk about Lavrov’s fall out of favor; Kremlin denies rumors
Russian foreign policy veteran Sergei Lavrov has not been seen in public since late October, and there are rumors that he may have…
Fuel prices rise again in the Baltics
During the past working week, fuel prices increased in the Baltic capitals, with the only exception being the price of diesel fuel in…
Hungary given one year off sanctions for Russian oil
A White House has confirmed that US President Donald Trump has given Hungary one year off sanctions imposed for continuing to import Russian…
Economics Ministry seeks to write off Ventspils Port’s 3 million euro debt – project classified
The Ministry of Economics (EM) has become involved in resolving the Ventspils Freeport Authority’s debt to the State Treasury and has prepared a…
Calm weekend in Latvia – clouds, fog, and up to +10 degrees
Over the weekend, skies in Latvia will be mostly cloudy – on Saturday they will clear in some areas, but by Sunday the…
Lithuanian government workers call for pay hike; consider strike
Unions representing police, border guards, firefighters and other service workers have urged the government to stick to its promise to raise wages, warning…
BNN IN FOCUS | Political Scientist: The Istanbul Convention has been raised to an ideological level; domestic violence problems remain in the shadows
This week, the Istanbul Convention once again overshadowed all other developments on Latvia’s political stage — from the approval of the state budget…
