Week in Lithuania | former MP asks Supreme Court for acquittal; Lithuania reports 990 new COVID-19 cases
Last week, France’s Veolia ordered to pay Vilnius 83 million euros; ex-Lithuanian MP pleaded not guilty to sexual charges Veolia ordered to pay…
Category: Social
Latvian wage: average gross wage reaches EUR 1 549
In Q3 2023, according to work-day and seasonally unadjusted data, the gross average wage in Latvia for full-time work was EUR 1 549,…
Russian Supreme Court bans “LGBT movement”, declares it “extremist”
Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday, the 30th of November, declared LGBT activists “extremists” in response to a Justice Ministry request to ban the…
Acute respiratory infections on a rise in Latvia: Covid-19 and RSV
Last week’s flu and other upper respiratory infections monitoring results show that the number of Covid-19 patients is on a rise. There is…
Latvian Saeima conceptually passes legislative draft on Istanbul Convention’s ratification
On Thursday, the 30th of November, Latvian parliament conceptually passed the legislative draft that provides for the ratification of the Istanbul Convention or…
Latvia’s GDP down 0.7% in nine months
In Q3 2023, as compared to Q3 2022, Latvia’s gross domestic product (GDP) went down by 0.7%. As compared to the previous quarter,…
More than 1 300 000 spent: Prosecutor General’s Office looks into aircraft rent for Kariņš’s needs
The Latvian Prosecutor General’s Office has commence an investigation of the rent of private aircraft for the needs of then the Prime Minister…
How happy is the Estonian man?
International Men’s Day this year was celebrated on Sunday, the 19th of November. Epp Remmelg, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, took the opportunity…
Latvian parliament considers restoring pension supplements
It is planned to restore old age and disability pension supplements for the people who retired after 2012, as provided by the amendments…
