Traumatologists: the number of traumas now is larger than it was in the slippery season
With warm properly summer weather the number of injuries suffered by residents in Latvia has increased significantly. The current number already exceeds the…
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Producer prices in Latvia show 31.5% increase
Compared to May 2021, the level of producer prices in Latvian industry increased by 31.5% in May 2022. The level of prices of…
EC Vice-President: granting Ukraine EU candidate status will be a geopolitical signal
Granting Ukraine the status of a European Union member state candidate status would be a geopolitical signal that the countries of this region…
Ministry suggests changing benefit sizes and thresholds to compensate inflation in Latvia
To compensate inflation, Latvia’s Ministry of Welfare proposes different support mechanisms for the least protected members of society. The ministry also proposes changing…
Ex-Prime Minister of Latvia leaves Union of Greens and Farmers faction
The Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) has picked Jānis Dūklavs to replace Māris Kučinskis in the National Security Council. Kučinskis has also…
Latvian president promises next PM will have «a reasonable policy to achieve Latvia’s security»
After 14th Saeima elections, when looking at potential candidates for the post of Prime Minister of Latvia, President Egils Levits said he intends…
Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia supports LIZDA’s demands for teachers and planned picket
Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia (LBAS) stands in support of the picket organised by Latvian Trade Union of Education and Science Employees…
CSP data indicates higher education means more opportunities on labour market
41.2% of 820.5 thousand employed persons aged 25 and over in Latvia had higher education at the beginning of 2021. Since the Population…
Monkey pox added to list of infectious diseases
On Tuesday, 14 June, Latvia’s government decided to add monkey pox to the list of infectious diseases, stressing that it is an infectious…
