Food basket. Latvian ministry lists what people need to survive
In the middle of October Latvia’s Ministry of Welfare presented the long-awaited and so-called subsistence minimum basket or relative expenditure of households on…
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Air temperature in Latvia to continue dropping on the weekend
Heavy snowfall is expected in Latvia on the weekend. Colder masses of air will flow to Latvia on the weekend – air temperature…
BNN ANALYSES | Over 300 asylum requests being processed expeditiously in Lithuania
Linas Jegelevičius for the BNN Last week, in a surprising move to many, the Lithuanian Interior minister, Agnė Bilotaitė, announced while visiting the…
Heating energy tariff in Ādaži municipality Kadaga risks quadrupling
The heating energy tariff in Ādaži municipality Kadaga is at risk of climbing sharply, according to information from the municipality’s official website. SIA…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 712 in Latvia, 1 813 in Lithuania, 521 in Estonia
A total of 712 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 423 of the patients were either…
Phone scammers in Estonia pretend to be police
Estonian police have cautioned people not to fall victim to phone scammers, who seek access to their online banking services. The amount of…
Covid-19 vaccine booster shots available to everyone in Latvia
From Thursday, 2 December, Covid-19 booster shot service will be organised in accordance with the latest recommendations from the National Immunisation Council: in…
Lithuanian journalists hear out migrants about efforts to cross border, child health
On Lithuanian-Belarusian border, journalists have met a group of migrants, including five children. People coming from the Middle East told their story of…
Seven migrants permitted to enter Latvia for humanitarian reasons
On Tuesday, 30 November, Latvia’s State Border Guard decided to permit the entry of seven Iraqi citizens from Belarus, as confirmed by authorities….
