Funding shortages threaten service continuity at Stradiņš and Eastern hospitals
The Ministry of Health (MoH) will request a total of 8,428,604 euros from the state’s contingency funds for Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital…
Category: Social
Security challenges in Latvia are increasing; society must remain vigilant, minister says
The security situation in Latvia is becoming increasingly challenging, Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis (New Unity) said in an interview with Latvian Television’s Rīta…
The cyclone persists: warm but rainy days ahead
Thursday is expected to be cloudy. Rain will fall at times, but in the western part of the country, significant precipitation is not…
Refraining from commenting on Saeima’s debate over the Istanbul Convention, the President of Latvia urges rational discussion
Refraining from commenting on the ongoing developments in the Saeima concerning the Istanbul Convention, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs has urged members of…
Latvian army rearms: a 50 million euros purchase unlike any before
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed an agreement with the German company Dynamit Nobel Defence (DND) for the purchase of remote mining…
Vilnius airport closed again due to smuggling balloons from Belarus
From Tuesday evening until Wednesday morning, operations at Vilnius Airport were disrupted due to meteorological balloons used for cigarette smuggling from Belarus, the…
Frost retreats, rain approaches: what weather to expect this week
On Wednesday, the skies will be cloudy, although they will clear up in the eastern regions during the first half of the day,…
Opinion | When national wealth becomes foreign property: how Latvia is losing its forests
Opinion article by Ilona Bērziņa Latvia speaks about sustainability, climate goals, and the “Green Deal,” yet in practice acts in the opposite way…
Will regional hospitals in Latvia survive? The Health Minister warns about “doctors on paper”
Emergency departments in smaller hospitals in Latvia’s regions must definitely be preserved so that they are always accessible to people and function in…
