Vilnius Mayor calls for lifting all restrictions, as «the virus is all around»
Lithuania has seen it’s number of new daily Covid-19 infections exceed 10 000, but Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius has called for the government…
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Meteorologists predict blizzards and strong wind in Latvia
In the coming days weather in Latvia will be dictated by active cyclone activity. The wind will gradually increase in strength. A new…
Latvian top politicians suggest increasing defence budget to 2.5% of GDP
Both Latvia’s Minister of Defence Artis Pabriks and Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš suggest gradually increasing the country’s defence budget to 2.5% of GDP….
PHOTOS: Latvian Olympic athletes depart for Beijing
On Wednesday, 26 January, the first group of Latvian Olympic athletes departed from Riga International Airport for the Beijing Olympic Games 2022. The…
Berlin police authorised to remove yellow star badges from vaccination protesters
Law enforcement officers in the German capital have been authorised to act against people with yellow star badges and other symbols linked to…
BNN ANALYSES | Lithuania inches up in global Corruption Perceptions Index 2021
Linas Jegelevičius for the BNN In the most recent Transparency International (TI) global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2021, Lithuania scored 61 points on…
CSP reports increased numbers of entrant students and graduates in Latvia
In the academic year 2021/2022, 77.4 thousand students are enrolled in higher education, which is 1.5 % less than a year ago. However,…
Spanish region to acquit hundreds of people blamed for witchcraft
Following the example of other countries in Europe, the Catalan regional parliament in Spain has adopted a resolution to acquit up to 1…
Covid-19 in Baltics States. 9 087 in Latvia, 10 630 in Lithuania, 6 238 in Estonia
A total of 9 087 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 3 652 of the patients…
