Rapid inflation may force early pension indexation in Latvia
The ruling coalition in Latvia has reached a conceptual agreement in favour of the proposal from the Ministry of Welfare to perform pension…
Category: Current news
Experts: lumber price growth greatly affected by anti-Russian sanctions
The situation on the lumber market in 2021 was dictated by price rise, reaching historically the highest prices for pine and spruce trees….
War crime supporters in Latvia to have their citizenship revoked
On Tuesday, 19 April, Latvian Saeima’s Defence, Internal Affairs and Corruption Prevention Committee passed in the second and final reading the urgent amendments…
Latvian State Police College elects a new director
On 19 April deputy chief of State Police Main Criminal Police’s Economic Crimes Enforcement Office, Lt. Col. Dmitrijs Homenko was elected as the…
Latvian sports journalists invite sports community to be more critical of Russia’s attack on Ukraine
More than 50 Latvian sports journalists have signed an invitation for the sports community to voice stronger condemnation of Russia’s attack on Ukraine….
Entrepreneurs give Latvian government’s work a low average score
Entrepreneurs are the most critical of the work done by Minister of Finance Jānis Reirs, whereas Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkēvičs is…
Construction activity continues expanding on roads in Latvia
Construction work continues expanding within Latvia’s road network. Most of the work is done on regional roads. Motorists are urged to use alternative…
Weather forecast for Easter in Latvia
The weekend in Latvia will start off with mostly cloudy, rainy and windy weather. For Eastern weather will improve due to increased atmospheric…
Tourism in Latvia still in recovery mode after Covid-19 pandemic
In February 2022 the number of foreign and resident visitors comprised 88.3 thousand, which is 2 time more than in February 2021, but…
