Latvia in 16th place in Europe gender equality-wise; Sweden and Denmark in the lead
On Monday, 24 October, European Institute for Gender Equality published the European Gender Equality Index 2022. In it Latvia is in 16th place…
Category: Social
Latvians living abroad unhappy with how CVK handled organisation of elections
Although the total number of voters did increase during 14th Saeima elections, the number of Latvian voters abroad actually went down. Latvians living…
BNN summary of the week: Progress with coalition in Latvia. Bombing in Ukraine. Russia. Liz Truss resigns
This week New Unity’s initiated coalition formation negotiations continued in Latvia. Some progress was reported in topics like Latvia’s security. However, the big…
Week in Lithuania: opposition ponders no confidence vote for government; Rail Baltica’s Kaunas-Riga section to be built first
Last week, OECD said Lithuania could reduce tax exemptions, President hailed EU leaders’ consensus on gas price cap Vilnius joins UNITED24 fundraising initiative…
Latvian State Fire and Rescue Service to temporarily shut down 18 less overworked branches
The State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) has decided to temporarily shut down 18 less busy branches until the end of 2022, as…
Latvia to switch to winter time on 30 October
Transition to winter time in Latvia will take place on 30 October. Clock hands are to be switched one hour back on the…
Belarus ups sabre-rattling against Lithuania
Linas Jegelevičius The sabre rattling by Belarus towards Lithuania has upped after Moscow announced last Sunday that around 9 000 Russian troops would…
Minister: LNG tanker ship’s station in Finland and not Estonia will not affect Latvia’s situation
The decision to station the liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and regasification ship at the terminal in Finland’s Inga instead of Estonia’s Paldiski…
North of Estonia struck by short but destructive storm; power supply disrupted in areas
On Sunday, 16 October, a short but strong storm hit western Estonian islands, Lääne and Harju counties, causing damage to buildings and vehicles,…
