Day 48 of war in Ukraine: Mariupol chemical attack raises concern, UNICEF warns of children lacking food
In Ukraine on Tuesday, April 12, efforts continue to learn more about the situation in Mariupol, where the defenders of the besieged city…
Category: Politics
French presidential run-off to take place between Le Pen and Macron
In France, the first round of the presidential election has been held with incumbent Emmanuel Macron coming first and far-right candidate Marine Le…
Ex-mayor of Riga considers the future of 9 May celebration in Latvia
It’s unlikely for large scale celebrations of 9 May to ever return to Latvia, said European Parliament member and ex-mayor of Riga Nils…
Latvian State Security Service detains Belarusian citizen for possible spying
On 15 February Latvian State Security Service (VDD) together with Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIDD) detained a Belarusian citizen suspected of spying…
Week in Lithuania: Lithuania starts retransmitting Ukrainian public radio programme, intelligence warns of possible provocations
Last week, 1,775 new Covid-19 cases, 11 deaths reported on Friday, body of filmmaker, killed in Ukraine, brought back to Lithuania KS Holding…
INTERVIEW | Latvia’s ex-prime minister blasts criminally accused ex-mayor of Ventspils
Author: Dainis Lemešonoks, Ventspilnieks.lv With the 14th Saeima elections closer and closer, Latvian Union of Farmers – the backbone of the parliament’s opposition…
Russia expelled from UN Human Rights Council for massive human rights violations
On Thursday, 7 April, Latvia supported the resolution proposed by the UN General Assembly on expelling Russia from the UN Human Rights Council,…
Ventspils ex-mayor leaves honorary member status in University of Latvia on his own
Aivars Lembergs, who remains accused of serious crimes of corruption, has sent a letter to the rector of the University of Latvia Indriķis…
BNN ANALYSES | Vilnius again ahead of Brussels – slaps Moscow with ties’ downgrade, expels Russian Ambassador
Linas Jegelevičius for the BNN Having downgraded this week its diplomatic relations with Russia and expelled Moscow’s ambassador, Lithuania is turning just another…
