Saeima supports proposal to increase minimal wages in Latvia next year
On Thursday, 13 October, Latvia’s parliament passed in the second reading amendments to the Labour Law. These amendments are intended to set the…
Category: Social
Heating season starts for more than half of houses managed by RNP
So far heating has started being supplied to more than half of the buildings managed by Rīgas namu pārvaldnieks LLC (RNP) and connected…
Latvian State Audit: civil protection and catastrophe management system remains neglected
The civil protection and catastrophe management system largely remains neglected, and generally the civil protection system does not offer prerequisites for effective catastrophe…
Latvia’s budget deficit planned at 3.3% of GDP next year
The budget deficit for 2023 is planned to be around 3.3% of GDP. The state debt is planned to be 43% of GDP,…
Latvian state budget’s base expenditures planned at EUR 9.818 billion next year
Latvian state budget’s base expenditures are estimated at EUR 9.818 billion for 2023 and EUR 9.307 billion for 2024. On Tuesday, 11 October,…
Multiple explosions in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities
Several Russian missiles struck Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv in the morning on Monday, 10 October, as reported by BBC. This information is…
BNN summary of the week: 14th Saeima elected. Coalition talks. New anti-Russian sanctions
Although the 14th Saeima elections are over, political talks in Latvia came to a turn this week – parties that were elected to…
Week in Lithuania: Football Federation promises changes under MPs’ pressure, Lithuanian citizen detained for spying for Belarus
Last week, Lithuania launched Rail Baltica infrastructure construction tender, Transport authorities mull financially supporting 12 flights Lithuanian government discusses 2023 budget package The…
Latvia receives third brand new electric train
The remaining two of our four cars of a brand new electric train supplied to Latvia from Škoda Group’s company Škoda Vagonka were…
