BNN summary of the week: Lasting Latvian government. Fate of gambling. Unrest in Kazakhstan
The first week of 2022 has passed. During this time Latvia’s government decided to extend the state of emergency in the country, impose…
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Week in Lithuania: 98 migrants taken to Iraq, Curonian Lagoon pollution case goes to court
Last week, Lithuanian industrialists turned to the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) over China’s actions, airlines temporarily suspended flights from Lithuania…
PIT calculation and payment order for entrepreneurs declared in breach of Latvia’s Constitution
The Constitutional Court of Latvia has declared the norms that govern the calculation and payment order of personal income tax (PIT) for entrepreneurs…
Travellers urged to receive booster shots by February
People who want to travel and who received Covid-19 vaccine jab a long time ago should consider re-vaccinating by February, when it is…
Latvijas Radio: head prosecutor Juriss eyed for SAB director’s position; certain parties protest
One of the potential candidates eyed by Latvia’s President Egils Levits for the position of director of the Constitutional Protection Bureau (SAB) is…
France requires Google and Facebook to simplify rejecting cookies with EUR 210m fine
US internet giants Google and Meta (Facebook) have been required by the French internet rights’ agency to pay fines totalling 210 million euros…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 1 877 in Latvia, 3 415 in Lithuania, 1 730 in Estonia
A total of 1 877 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 657 of the patients were…
WHO: Omicron is not mild, it kills as well
The World Health Organisation has cautioned not to perceive the Omicron variant of the virus SARS-CoV-2 as being mild, because it also kills…
Krišjānis Kariņš’s government becomes the longest standing one in democratic Latvia’s history
The government led by PM Krišjānis Kariņš has become the longest standing one on the history of democratic Latvia. This government has remained…
