BNN ANALYSES: Lithuania says farewell to 2022, a year of gloom. 2023 must be just better!
Linas Jegelevičius How 2022 will be remembered for years, decades, and centuries to come is certainly clear – the year of war in…
Category: Social
Residents of Saaremaa send donations to Ukraine
Residents of the Estonian island of Saaremaa have sent half a dozen cars to Ukraine that were previously used for mail delivery, writes…
Emergency Medical Service declares state of emergency in Latvia over flu and other infectious diseases
To preserve availability of timely emergency medical assistance for people whose lives are in immediate danger, the Emergency Medical Service (NMPD) in Latvia…
The European Union is planning a carbon tax and support for households
Europe is soon planning to introduce a so-called carbon tax on the use of fossil fuels for heating and transport, however, it raises…
Online scammers go back to phishing methods using internet search engines
Scammers have once again become active with various phishing schemes to acquire personal data from clients of credit institutions using special fake advertisement…
New year to start off with frequent precipitation and thaw in Latvia
In the last week of 2022 multiple precipitation zones will pass through Latvia from the west. These will bring snow, wet snow and…
BNN SUMMARY OF THE WEEK: Promising promise. Painful ice. To the end
After a long period of silence Saeima’s «self-isolationists» – Aleksejs Rosļikovs’ party For Stability! – finally reminded everyone of its existence. The reason…
Below zero expected in Latvia for Christmas; another thaw will come the week between holidays
Thaw will continue in Latvia on Friday, the 23rd of December. Snow will melt in many places around Latvia, as reported by Latvian…
Week in Lithuania: Seimas approves compulsory school tests. 96 million euros investment in technology park in Vilnius
Linas Jegelevičius The pre-holiday week in Lithuania is marked by important government decisions affecting both business and education. Agreements were also signed to…
