This year’s first bird flu cases appear in Latvia
Laboratory tests performed on six dead pigeons in Latvia revealed all of them were infected with the highly pathogenic H5N1 subtype, which has…
Tickets to Beijing Olympics not to be sold to general public
With the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics nearing, their organisers have dropped plans to have tickets to sporting events to the general public and…
Prison sentence suggested as penalty for spreading fake news in Latvia
Latvian Minister of Justice Jānis Bordāns and ministry propose punishing the act of disrupting public order by means of spreading fake news by…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 3 706 in Latvia, 4 559 in Lithuania, 2 303 in Estonia
A total of 3 706 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 1 602 of the patients…
Malta’s Roberta Metsola elected as European Parliament’s new president
The Prime Minister of Malta Roberta Metsola has been elected as the new President of the European Parliament. Metsola is Malta’s MEP representing…
European Parliament announces plans to elect a new president
On Tuesday, 18 January, the European Parliament (EP) plans to elect a new president for the next two and a half years, as…
Lithuanians, who breached mandatory self-isolation, paid up to 5 000 in fines
In western Lithuania, people, who have violated the mandatory requirement of temporary self-isolation, when infected with Covid-19, have received fines up to 5…
Storm in Jurmala kills one, fells trees and damages buildings
The strong wind that was present in Latvia on Monday, 17 January, reached the strength of a storm in many parts of the…
Estonian government officials in no mood to attend Beijing Olympics
The events of the Beijing Winter Olympics will not be attended neither by members of the Estonian government, nor by Estonian President Alar…
