Latvia’s president speaks of disinformation, Afghan women’s rights and migrant crisis
Covid-19 proved just how much our society is unprotected from disinformation, said Latvia’s President Egils Levits in his speech at the 76th session…
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State-funded epidural anaesthesia becomes a reality in Latvia
In order to commence improvement of availability of epidural anaesthesia in Latvia by the end of this year and provide state-funded services for…
Estonian producer price index – up by 15.5% in year
In Estonia, the producer price index year on year to August has surged by 15.5%. Both export and import producer prices have risen…
PM: Latvia needs a way to protect less wealthy residents against electricity price rise
Latvian government needs to prepare a plan to help protect less wealthy residents against the rapid electricity price rise, said Latvian Prime Minister…
Canadian early election shows voter trust in liberal PM Trudeau
Canada has held a snap parliamentary election. The ruling Liberal Party has won the vote giving long-standing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to continue…
Estonian President addresses «sisters and brothers» in UN promoting e-governance, women’s rights
Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid has delivered her 2021 speech at the UN General Assembly. From the podium, seen as the world stage for…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 1 203 in Latvia, 1 847 in Lithuania, 737 in Estonia
A total of 1 203 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 985 of the patients were…
Unemployment in Latvia the lowest since the end of 2019
In August 2021 actual unemployment rate comprised 6.9 %, which is 0.6 percentage points less than in July. The actual unemployment rate in…
Infectologist says healthcare sector might overload if new restrictions are imposed no sooner than October
Adoption of new epidemiological restriction from 11 October onward, which is something Latvia’s government decided on 28 September, will lead overloading of the…
