Number of deaths in Latvia frighteningly exceed births in 2023
Last year 27 175 people died in Latvia. The number of births, on the other hand, went down to 14 326, as reported…
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Latvian Post is in a very precarious financial situation, company warns
The financial state of Latvian Post is currently extremely precarious, said the company’s board chairperson Beāte Krauze-Čebotare in an interview to Latvijas Radio…
Cat House on fire in Old Riga
On Tuesday, the 30th of January, black smoke rose over the so-called Cat House in Old Riga. Fire fighters are at the scene,…
Latvian government officially appoints new head of State Revenue Service
On the 30th of January the Latvian government approved Baiba Šmite-Roķe as the new Director Generao of the State Revenue Service (VID). Šmite-Roķe…
Progressive Party: Riga’s cellars should be made into secure bomb shelters
Progressive Party’s faction has submitted for the upcoming 31st of January budget discussion meeting of Riga City Council proposals to remake apartment homes’…
Elon Musk announces his company’s first successful human brain chip implant
Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s company Neuralink has successfully implanted a brain chip that shows promising neural spikes into a person for the first…
Military police investigate fraud with food supplies for Ādaži military base
Latvian military police investigates fraud with food supplies for Ādaži military base, TV3 programme Nekā personīga reports. The programme reports the Military Police…
Latvia’s GDP provisionally goes down by 0.6% in 2023
Last year Latvia’s gross domestic product (GDP) went down by 0.6% when compared to 2022, according to provisional data from the Central Statistical…
Meteorologists say February to start off with windy weather in Latvia
Air temperature will drop below 0° C only at night for the remainder of January, as reported by Latvian State Environment, Geology and…
