Latvian internal affairs department to save energy resources at expense of workers’ comfort
Energy resources in Latvia’s internal affairs department will be saved by reducing lighting intensity. There are also plans to shut down hot water…
Category: Social
More than 23 000 education workers to take part in indefinite strike in Latvia
In a week, on 19 September 23 601 education workers from 815 education institutions from around Latvia will start the long-announced indefinite strike,…
Tartu’s budget is set to increase by 15% next year
Due to the current economic situation, the city of Tartu’s budget is set to increase by 15% next year. It will also be…
BNN summary of the week: Changes in Britain. National Defence Service. Euro’s fall. Price rise
Last week passed with enormous changes for Britain – at the beginning of the week the country named Liz Truss as the new…
Week in Lithuania: 935 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths reported on Friday, howitzers delivered to Ukraine
Last week a Lithuanian court rejected a Russian broadcaster’s claim; a new energy saving plan was unveiled by the Lithuanian Energy Ministry. A…
Russian citizens will be allowed to travel to Latvia for humanitarian purposes
Russian citizens who were provided with visas due to humanitarian considerations will be allowed to enter Latvia, according to the annotation of the…
Municipal transport company Rīgas mikroautobusu satiksme declared insolvent
On Friday, 9 September, Riga City Court of Law decided to declare Rīgas mikroautobusu satiksme LLC (RMS). Routes previously serviced by the company…
NVA director: economic decline in Latvia isn’t reflected in unemployment indexes yet
The economic decline is not yet reflected in unemployment indexes – the unemployment level in Latvia has dropped to 5.8%, which is the…
In August, the consumer price index was still influenced the most by housing – and food – related price increases
In August, the consumer price index increased by 2.3% compared with July, and by 24.8% compared with August 2021, as informed by Statistics…
