Digital television criminal case: ex-Latvian government officials risk landing in prison
The prosecutor in charge of the digital television criminal case Monvīds Zelčs has requested the Court of Economic Affairs in Latvia to sentence…
Category: Politics
Polish media ownership bill triggers protest in Warsaw, support of news channel
Polish legislators have passed a bill limiting foreign ownership of media organisations in the eastern EU member. Seeing this as an attack on…
Rīgas satiksme corruption case turns three; money trail leads all the way to Asia
Three years ago Latvia’s Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) carried out massive searches at Riga City Council, Rīgas satiksme and homes of…
Name of businessman who may have offered Riga City Council a bribe leaked
Latvia’s Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) has requested criminal prosecution of one Igors Trubko for alleged bribery attempt of Riga City Council’s…
Estonia to lift nightlife ban for New Year
Estonia will lift its epidemiological requirement for entertainment venues to close by 23:00 for the New Year’s Eve and the first night of…
Mayor and vice-mayor in Riga in hot water as no-confidence vote looms in the horizon
A sufficient number of signatures has been collected, allowing for the organisation of an extraordinary meeting of Riga City Council and a no-confidence…
BNN ANALYSES | Embarrassed Lithuanian government makes excuses, no solution on US-sanctioned Belaruskali
Linas Jegelevičius for the BNN Some joke now that Lithuania’s Foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis will go into history books as the most pugnacious…
Prisoner export in Europe: Denmark to rent 300 prison places in Kosovo
Denmark has agreed with Kosovo rent 300 prison cells in the Balkan country as Denmark has seen a rapid increase in the number…
Berlin murder trial ends triggers expulsion of Russian diplomats
A court in Berlin has convicted a Russian man for the 2019 murder of a Chechnya-related Georgian national. Two Russian diplomats have been…
