“What will eight cents save?” – Latvia to reduce excise duty on diesel fuel for three months
On Thursday, the Saeima adopted in the final reading the Law on Limiting the Increase in Fuel Prices, which provides for temporary measures…
Category: Social
Children and Roblox: parents should monitor their children on the gaming site
A game developer working with the Roblox platform has said that child protection measures, including age verification, are not convincing enough, writes the…
Operations of several kebab and pizzeria establishments suspended in Latvia due to hygiene violations
The Food and Veterinary Service has suspended the operations of five public catering establishments over the past two months due to violations of…
What happened with the drone in Latvia and why was no alert issued?
Due to the very short warning time, there was not enough time to notify local residents about the threat posed by the drone,…
President of Latvia: Public officials must not be untouchable
Public officials in state administration must not be so untouchable that they are almost impossible to remove, therefore a broader civil service reform…
“Rail Baltica” costs rising – environmental tax alone could exceed 5 million euros
The amount of natural resource tax to be paid during the construction of the main line of the Rail Baltica railway could exceed…
Latvian Armed Forces provide new information on exploded drone
There is currently no evidence that the drone that crashed in Latgale, equipped with a warhead, was deliberately directed toward Latvia, Brigadier General…
Drone explosion in Latgale – how close was it to a populated area?
The drone that entered Latvian airspace overnight exploded in the Krāslava region approximately one kilometre from the centre of Svariņi parish, Aivars Belkovskis,…
Drone from Russia enters Latvian airspace and crashes
A drone that entered Latvian airspace from Russia has exploded, authorities confirmed. According to the Ministry of Defence, the Air Force identified an…
