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Lithuania reports: smuggling balloons deliberately directed toward Latvia, several people detained

25.11.202525.11.2025 Ogres

Several Lithuanian citizens were detained in Latvia over the past 24 hours after arriving to collect cigarette smuggling shipments delivered by meteorological balloons…

Latvia’s Supreme Court criticises the Prime Minister’s communication on the budget: “This is not acceptable”

25.11.202525.11.2025 Ogres

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (SC), Aigars Strupišs, is dissatisfied with Prime Minister Evika Siliņa’s (New Unity) communication regarding next year’s…

Experts call for dismantling railway tracks east of Daugavpils; minister comments

25.11.202526.11.2025 Ogres

When assessing the future of railway tracks in the Eastern border area, security interests will be the top priority, Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis…

NBS radar systems were the first to detect balloon-borne cigarette smuggling into Latvia

24.11.202524.11.2025 Ogres

The meteorological balloons used by cigarette smugglers were first detected by the National Armed Forces (NBS). From Sunday evening until Monday morning, NBS…

Meteorological balloons carrying illegal cigarettes from Belarus have also reached Latvia

24.11.202525.11.2025 Ogres

On Sunday, several meteorological balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes and originating from Belarus were detected in Latvia, Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis (New Unity) said…

Snow returns to Latvia at the start of the week: slippery roads and subzero temperatures expected

24.11.202524.11.2025 Ogres

On Monday, the skies will be cloudy, but in the western and central regions the sun will occasionally shine. During the night, a…

More than 65,000 unemployed people in Latvia

21.11.202521.11.2025 Ogres

At the end of October this year, Latvia’s actual unemployment rate was 6.8%, which is 0.1 percentage points higher than in the corresponding…

BNN IN FOCUS | Is Latvia’s government “hanging by a thread,” and which parties are actually in conflict?

21.11.202522.11.2025 Ogres

The Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) is currently a highly restless member of the ruling coalition. This has been evident from their…

Why are Riga’s heating tariffs rising? Kulbergs points to systemic problems and governance chaos

21.11.202521.11.2025 Ogres

One of the initiators behind the creation of the parliamentary investigative commission on the rising costs of Riga’s district heating, MP Andris Kulbergs…

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