BNN summary of the week: Unemployment in Latvia. New EP President. Olympic boycott
This week Latvia was struck by strong winds in more ways than one: a lot of damage, emergencies, accidents and at least one…
Category: Social
Latvia to raise passing grades for centralized school exams
In the next three years it is planned to significantly raise the score needed to pass the centralized exams (CE) in secondary schools,…
Man in Sweden jailed for burning Christmas Goat
A court in Sweden has sentenced a man to six months in prison for burning a giant straw sculpture – the Christmas Goat,…
National Immunisation Council shortens Covid-19 vaccination interval for small children
Latvia’s National Immunisation Council (IVP) recommends shortening the interval between the first and second jab of Covid-19 vaccine for children 5-11 years of…
Weekend’s weather forecast for Latvia
The strong wind will carry colder masses of air to Latvia in the coming days, causing the air temperature to drop in the…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 4 885 in Latvia, 7 057 in Lithuania, 3 845 in Estonia
A total of 4 885 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 1 982 of the patients…
Riga’s mayor approves of turning Congress Centre into National Acoustic Concert Hall
To ensure the National Acoustic Concert Hall successfully appears in Riga in the next decade, the safest road is using the Congress Centre,…
BNN ANALYSES | Lithuanian medical staff not to have mandatory vaccination amid 7,057 new Covid-19 cases
Linas Jegelevičius for the BNN Lithuania has recorded a new mind-blowing high of 7,057 daily coronavirus infections, as well as nine deaths from…
Latvia’s Constitution Protection Bureau receives a new director
On Thursday, 20 January, Latvia’s Saeima elected Egils Zviedris as the new Director of the Constitution Protection Bureau (SAB). Previously 90 Saeima deputies…
