In Estonian local elections, Centre Party wins, losing majority
In Estonia, the local government election has been held. Voters have brought change in Tallinn, where the Centre Party has lost its long-time…
Category: Politics
Minister: possible solutions to Covid-19 crisis in Latvia – from distance teaching to evening curfew
To reduce the risk of Latvia’s healthcare sector overloading, the government needs to adopt new Covid-19 restrictions, and this needs to be done…
Week in Lithuania EUR 103m earmarked for border fence, President fires judge, gambling to be reformed
Last week, the top news stories in Lithuania were the government planning funding for border fence, President Gitanas Nausėda firing judge over corruption…
Lithuania becomes UN Human Rights member for first time
The UN General Assembly has elected Lithuania as the member of the organisation’s Human Rights Council, which has happened for the first time,…
Italy imposes Covid certificate requirement to all workers
Introducing one of EU’s strictest Covid-19 rules, Italy requires from Friday, October 15, all workers in the country to present one of the…
BNN ANLYSES | Hatchet men aim at Lithuanian Health Minister, but PM’s support unwavering amid virus spike
Linas Jegelevičius for the BNN With Lithuania struggling to rein COVID-19 in – the country has been one of the EU’s worst COVID-19-hit…
Latvia’s Minister of Finances submits country’s 2022 budget to the Saeima
On Thursday, 14 October, Minister of Finances Jānis Reirs submitted the state budget for 2022 to the Saeima to commence its review and…
Estonia looking at Lithuanian model as vaccination motivation discussed in government
Estonia could follow in the footsteps of Lithuania, which will pay 100 euros to newly-vaccinated seniors, but would seek treating people equally and…
Riga City Council points to contradiction between the benefits and harm from gambling
A contradiction exists between the benefits gambling has for the national economy and the harm it causes to society, said the head of…
