Tallinn earmarks 50-euro allowance to all schoolchildren
The Tallinn city draft budget sets forth to pay each pupil in the Estonian capital’s schools a one-time 50-euro allowance, Estonian public broadcaster…
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Estonia testing two Covid-19 samples for omicron variant
In Estonia, the positive Covid-19 test samples of two long-haul travellers are being analysed for the possible presence of the omicron variant of…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 230 in Latvia, 465 in Lithuania, 301 in Estonia
A total of 230 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 137 of the patients were either…
Number of children staying at orphanages in Latvia down by half since 2018
Since 2018 the number of children staying at orphanages and other institutions in Latvia has reduced by half, said Ministry of Welfare parliamentary…
Winter in Latvia shows off its «muscles» – air temperature may drop to -25° C this week
This week there will be less snow than last week. The sky will become clear more often. However, it will become considerably colder,…
BNN summary of the week: Average wage growth. MPC drop. Life on the border
This week most of Latvia’s residents turned their attention towards the large volumes of snow, which surprised many. Meteorologists, too, agree this is…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 723 in Latvia, 2 040 in Lithuania, 507 in Estonia
A total of 723 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 407 of the patients were either…
ZZS leader: arrested ex-mayor of Ventspils has caught Covid-19 in prison
Ex-mayor of Ventspils Aivars Lembergs has caught Covid-19 in Riga Central Prison, as reported by Latvian Green Party and Union of Greens and…
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…
