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New school year in Latvia: 223,000 students and major changes in education
September 1, 2025
Lufthansa becomes a shareholder of airBaltic
August 29, 2025
Warmer air reaches Latvia – temperatures to climb to +26°C
August 28, 2025

On Thursday, clouds will occasionally cover the sky, but no significant rainfall is expected, with light winds blowing. As a warmer air mass…

Latvians register in Lithuania for medicines – “Our patients are left with scraps,” says former NVD head
August 27, 2025
Midweek weather in Latvia to become drier and warmer
August 27, 2025

Politics

Von der Leyen’s visit to Latvia: Solidarity, sanctions, and new funding for border regions
August 29, 2025
Kleinbergs shocked: Riga City Council faces problems with decision-making
August 29, 2025
Lithuania wants to bypass Hungary and start talks on Ukraine’s EU accession
August 27, 2025
Danish Foreign Minister summons US diplomat over activities in Greenland
August 27, 2025
After pressure from Latvia, Russia transfers 13 million euros for pensions to its pensioners in Latvia
August 26, 2025
France summons US ambassador over alleging antisemitism
August 25, 2025

Business

All gambling halls in Riga threatened with closure – industry raises alarm
By Ogres   August 28, 2025

Following applications by three companies, the Constitutional Court (CC) has initiated a case concerning restrictions on gambling operations in Riga, the court announced….

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Lagarde: European economy cannot grow without migrants
By Ogres   August 25, 2025
Tet aims to become a billion-euro company by 2030
By Ogres   August 21, 2025
Opinion: Ventas Osta – a feeding trough that gave nothing to Latvia
By Ogres   August 20, 2025
Food price memorandum in Latvia’s supermarkets: What really changes in shoppers’ wallets?
By Ogres   August 13, 2025

Power outages – is Lithuania at risk?
Ogres September 1, 2025

In the spring, large parts of Spain and Portugal were left without electricity for about ten hours after a power outage, which renewed…

Latvian state-owned companies will be required to pay 90% of profits as dividends to the budget
Ogres September 1, 2025

In 2026 and the following two years, state-owned companies in Latvia will be required to pay 90% of their profits as dividends into…

Australia to ban children from social media; seeks age verification methods
Ogres September 1, 2025
Largest African swine fever outbreak of 2025 recorded in Latvia
Ogres September 1, 2025
New school year in Latvia: 223,000 students and major changes in education
Ogres September 1, 2025

Power outages – is Lithuania at risk?
September 1, 2025
Latvian state-owned companies will be required to pay 90% of profits as dividends to the budget
September 1, 2025
Australia to ban children from social media; seeks age verification methods
September 1, 2025
Largest African swine fever outbreak of 2025 recorded in Latvia
September 1, 2025
New school year in Latvia: 223,000 students and major changes in education
September 1, 2025
Britain uses drones and dogs to fight the eight-toothed bark beetle
September 1, 2025

Social

Latvian state-owned companies will be required to pay 90% of profits as dividends to the budget
September 1, 2025
Largest African swine fever outbreak of 2025 recorded in Latvia
September 1, 2025
BNN IN FOCUS | Rajevskis: Latvia tackles demographic crisis with promises, not solutions
August 29, 2025

This week’s spotlight is on demography – a prolonged crisis that politicians seek to address by allocating more funds to various family support…

Lithuanian teachers’ concerns – non-existent books, large classes and insufficient salaries
August 29, 2025
Latvia plans to buy trains while Rail Baltica still lacks tracks and secure funding
August 29, 2025

World

Power outages – is Lithuania at risk?
Ogres September 1, 2025

In the spring, large parts of Spain and Portugal were left without electricity for about ten hours after a power outage, which renewed…

Australia to ban children from social media; seeks age verification methods
Ogres September 1, 2025

Australia could use a wide range of technologies to restrict children’s access to social media, but each has its own weaknesses, writes the…

Britain uses drones and dogs to fight the eight-toothed bark beetle
Ogres September 1, 2025
US confirms Greenland’s right to self-determination
Ogres August 29, 2025
British small businesses: New US customs rules are chaos
Ogres August 29, 2025

Latest Posts

Losses of Latvian airBaltic air line down to EUR 61.515 million in first half of 2021

09.09.2021 Ogres

The turnover of Latvian airBaltic airline was EUR 49.963 million in the first half-year, which is 41.6% when compared to the first half-year…

Lithuania’s second city continues court row around first LGBTQ+ pride

09.09.202109.09.2021 Ogres

A court in Lithuania has ordered Kaunas municipality to allow holding the first LGBTQ+ pride event in the city. The municipality has appealed…

Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 354 in Latvia, 819 in Lithuania, 346 in Estonia

09.09.2021 Ogres

A total of 354 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 282 of the patients were either…

Week in Lithuania: President calls for new EU migration policy, part of Vilnius Great Synagogue unearthed

09.09.2021 Ogres

Last week, the top news stories in Lithuania were the President calling for reviewed EU migration policy, the unearthing of the Vilnius Great…

For Japan’s Fukushima contaminated water, tunnel envisaged to release it in ocean

09.09.202109.09.2021 Ogres

In Japan, the energy company operating the damaged Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant has announced plans to build an underwater tunnel for releasing 1.27…

Opinion | On Gobzems’ manipulative methods. «You’re getting screwed»

09.09.2021 Ogres

«Uncovering lies, conspiracies and other made up stories requires a lot more effort and resources than coming up with them. Mass distributed lies…

Latvian company Dižozols Investments implements one of the biggest investment attraction projects in the Baltics

09.09.2021 Ogres

Latvian company Dižozols Investments has implemented one of the biggest investment attraction projects in the Baltic States. By using crowdfunding platform Crowdestor, the…

In Kabul, one more terror attack prevented, according to US

09.09.202109.09.2021 Ogres

In the Afghan capital Kabul, the US military has carried out a drone attack on a potential suicide bomber, preventing an airport bomb…

Estonia’s Kallas urges to use unvaccinated worker lay-off as last resort

09.09.2021 Ogres

As Estonian military, police and border guard have called on their employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19 by October or risk getting fired,…

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