Panevėžys residents oppose home demolitions for Rail Baltica track
The construction of a railway line Rail Baltica near Panevėžys in northern Lithuania could require the demolition of dozens of houses. Homeowners are…
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Week in Lithuania: pilots set out on 4000-km glider flight; watchdog probes news website acquisition
Swedbank Lithuania has suspended transfers to 61 high-risk countries this week, while the Defense Ministry has encouraged reforms of compulsory service. Lithuania reports…
Insurers estimate damages caused by thunderstorm on crops in Latvia
In the first three days of this week insurers in Latvia received insurance claim requests from more than 100 farms for 19 000…
Estonian rescuers learn to extinguish electric cars
This year, Estonia’s Rescue Board has extinguished flames in 176 vehicles, and three of them were electric cars, and the rescuers themselves have…
Latvia’s president unhappy with crisis management after devastating thunderstorms
Latvia’s President Edgars Rinkēvičs is unhappy with crisis management in the country after the thunderstorms that hit the country on Monday, the 7th…
Latvian government to pay compensation to surviving family members of woman stabbed in Jekabpils
The Ministry of Justice has submitted to the government a proposal to pay the children and mother of the woman tragically stabbed dead…
BALTA: Latvian residents’ insurance claims after recent thunderstorm reach EUR 315 000
Throughout the morning of Tuesday, the 8th of August, insurance claims were being received every minute, reports insurance company BALTA (PZU Group). The…
CONTENT WARNING | Many storks killed in recent thunderstorm in Latvia; animal care centre asks for help
Latvian wild animals care centre Ežu hospitālis shared very sad news on their page on Facebook – many storks died and were injured…
Major General Andis Dilāns appointed as Chief of the Joint Staff of the National Armed Forces
Public news portal lsm.lv reports that on Tuesday, the 8th of August, Latvia’s government appointed Major General Andis Dilāns as the new Chief…
