Better benefits have not increased the number of Latvians in Estonia
The number of Latvian citizens in the Estonian border town of Valga is steadily increasing every year, but so far 2023 has not…
Category: Social
Latvian minister defends decision to appoint acting chairman of RAKUS
The decision to appoint Aleksejs Višņakovs as the acting chairman of Riga Eastern Clinical University (RAKUS) is «good and correct», said Minister of…
Corruption watchdog estimates damages caused by fraud in Central Elections Commission’s various contracts
The suspect – Kristīne Bērziņa – was suspended as chairperson of the Central Elections Commission (CVK) following the request from Corruption Prevention and…
Meteorologists promise warmth and precipitation and drop in air temperature this week
Latvia’s State Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre reminds that thaw continued last week, which caused water levels to go up in rivers, causing…
BNN SUMMARY OF THE WEEK: Forests fall. Hell’s gates. Police shortage. Musk’s «record»
This week’s main «hero» was Latvia’s state company Latvian State Forests – a profitable, environment-managing and a modest public worker. By prohibiting this…
Week in Lithuania: Celebrates Freedom Defenders Day, Lithuanians will build a solar panel park in Latvia
Linas Jegelevičius The Lithuanian company is planning the construction of a solar panel park in Latvia, in the vicinity of Jēkabpils, while the…
Latvia’s Ministry of Transport to receive EUR 42.5 million for priorities this year
The Ministry of Transport will receive state budget funding of EUR 42.5 million for various priorities – maintenance and improvement of regional and…
Thaw in the coming days; colder weather in second half of next week
Latvia’s State Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre reports that at the end of this week and the start of next week weather will…
BNN ANALYSES: Deteriorating demographics in Lithuania must be deemed threat to national security
Linas Jegelevičius A working parliamentary group, chaired by the Seimas Social Affairs and Labour Committee (SRDK) chairman, Justas Džiugelis, has proposed that parliamentary…
