Mortality rate in Latvia up 17% this year
This year, 24 103 thousand deaths have been recorded up to September, which is 3.5 thousand or 17 % more than in the…
Category: Social
Week in Lithuania: State of emergency declared, MP’s oppose EU Poland decision, Vilnius named UNESCO City of Literature
Last week, the top news stories in Lithuania were the declaration of a state of emergency along the border area of the Lithuanian-Belarusian…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 1 388 in Latvia, 2 641 in Lithuania, 1 039 in Estonia
A total of 1 388 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 921 of the patients were…
Meteorologists predict the weather in Latvia for the next week
With cyclone activity in Latvia reducing, the strong wind and precipitation will calm down. Instead a high atmospheric pressure area will dictate weather…
BNN ANALYSES | People in Lithuania’s border municipalities keep calm, but some brace for worse
Linas Jegelevičius for the BNN Lithuanian has announced this week a state of emergency along the nearly 680-kilometre border stretch with Belarus and…
Latvian parliament official bans the use of Ribbon of St.George at public events
On Thursday, 11 November, Latvia’s Saeima passed in the third reading amendments to the Law on Meetings, Processions, and Pickets and Law on…
US court receives complaint over lethal film accident involving Alec Baldwin
In a US court, a member of the film crew, which experienced the accidental killing of a cinematographer, has complained about negligence suing…
Acquisition or storage of fake Covid-19 certificate becomes a criminal offence in Latvia
On Thursday, 11 November, Latvia’s parliament passed in the final reading amendments to the Criminal Law, introducing criminal liability for the acquisition or…
11 November – Lāčplēsis Day in Latvia
11 November – Lāčplēsis Day is listed on the calendar as a memorial day. It is a day when Latvia’s flag is hoisted…
