OECD: Latvia needs rapid economic reforms to avoid a crisis
Latvia needs to improve its fiscal policy, reform its tax system, improve the public sector’s capabilities and attract investments in order to promote…
Category: Social
Apinis: Global trends in use of medication by pregnant women and breastfeeding women
Author: Pēteris Apinis, physician. Opinion piece Currently, the world, including Latvia, is rethinking attitudes towards gender equality, often with exaggerations. Many participants in…
BNN ANALYSES | A boring Lithuanian presidential campaign finally gets some traction – live TV debates
Linas Jegelevičius For the first time, Lithuania’s all eight presidential candidates met in a live, national broadcaster LRT-televised debates, trading jabs while weighing…
Election scandal in Latvia: Kampars responds to accusations of political interference
The claims from IT-technologies company “SOAAR” manager Renārs Kadžulis that Unity politicians had attempted to influence the vote-counting results in the Saeima elections…
Orleāns: envelope wages were probably being paid in Unity’s prime minister’s office as well
It’s possible envelope wages were paid to not only Unity’s office workers but to the people close to the party as well, such…
Bank of Latvia reports losses of EUR 54 million in 2023
Last year, the Bank of Latvia operated with losses of EUR 54 million. 2022 was concluded by the central bank without losses or…
BNN INTERVIEW | Andrejs Pildegovičs: Latvia’s path to joining UN Security Council; diplomatic fights and strategy
Ilona Bērziņa One of Latvia’s long-term foreign policy goals is being elected to the UN Security Council in 2026-2027. What are our chances…
Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Baiba Braže unveils her team
Minister Baiba Braže’s advisor for strategic communication and public diplomacy affairs will be Signe Znotiņa-Znota and her advisor for security and societal resilience…
In Estonia, the gender pay gap narrowed over the past year
According to Statistics Estonia, in 2023, the gross hourly earnings of female employees were 13.1% smaller than the earnings of male employees. The…
