NBS radar systems were the first to detect balloon-borne cigarette smuggling into Latvia
The meteorological balloons used by cigarette smugglers were first detected by the National Armed Forces (NBS). From Sunday evening until Monday morning, NBS…
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Meteorological balloons carrying illegal cigarettes from Belarus have also reached Latvia
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
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
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?
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
One of the initiators behind the creation of the parliamentary investigative commission on the rising costs of Riga’s district heating, MP Andris Kulbergs…
Latvia’s transport minister keeps his post: Saeima rejects dismissal with a narrow majority
A majority of MPs today voted down the opposition’s draft decision to express no confidence in Minister of Transport Atis Švinka (Progressives) during…
“Paranoid psychosis”: why Russian society believes a Western attack is imminent
Russian society is firmly convinced that sooner or later a Western invasion is coming, and this belief is consciously reinforced daily by state…
A new Prosecutor General in Latvia – Armīns Meisters
On Thursday, the Saeima appointed Armīns Meisters, Chief Prosecutor of the Riga Judicial Region Prosecutor’s Office, as Latvia’s new Prosecutor General. Eighty-eight Members…
