Riga City Council plans to sell Rīgas namu pārvaldnieks
The Riga City Council has prepared a draft resolution proposing the sale of the municipality-owned company Rīgas namu pārvaldnieks (RNP). To enable the…
Category: Current news
Rapid increase in influenza cases in Latvia: vaccines nearly depleted
Last week, all monitoring areas of the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC) and all age groups recorded a sharp increase in…
Important Constitutional Court ruling for landowners in Latvia
The Constitutional Court (CC) ruled on Wednesday that the regulation governing the statutory land-use fee and the method of valuing land under statutory…
A warm December continues – what can we expect in the coming days?
On Tuesday, the 9th of December, rain is expected at times across most of the country. During the night, fog will form in…
Freezing rain and wet snow expected on Monday – forecasters warn drivers
Monday will bring overcast skies across the country. During the night into Monday, rain is expected in some western areas, while in the…
Babiš to be confirmed as Czech Prime Minister; conflict of interest resolved
Czech President Petr Pavel will appoint billionaire populist politician Andrej Babiš as prime minister, Politico reports. Babiš announced on the evening of the…
Influenza incidence in Latvia approaches epidemic threshold
The rapid spread of influenza continues in Latvia, and incidence levels are now close to the epidemic threshold, according to data from the…
Fog and light precipitation will continue, but the weekend will bring wetter and warmer weather
At the beginning and middle of the week, the weather will remain uniform — skies will be mostly cloudy, with light precipitation expected…
airBaltic rating downgraded: Fitch warns of weak financial flexibility and uncertain IPO timeline
The international credit rating agency Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) has downgraded the long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of Latvia’s national airline airBaltic from “B–”/negative…
