Latvia lifts Covid-19 certificate or test requirement for foreign entrants
From 1 April 2022 onward the requirement for foreigners and other entrants to Latvia to present a valid Covid-19 vaccination or recovery certificate…
Ex-mayor of Ventspils retains honorary University of Latvia member status for now
Chairman of the Senate of the University of Latvia Kristaps Jaudzems submitted a proposal to annul ex-Mayor of Ventspils Aivars Lembergs’ honorary University…
Minister: Russia unjustifiably expels three Latvian diplomats from Moscow
Russia has unjustifiably expelled three Latvian diplomats from the embassy in Moscow, wrote Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkēvičs on Twitter. On…
Covid-19 in Baltic States. 2 897 in Latvia 2 823 in Lithuania, 1 451 in Estonia
A total of 2 897 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 19 people have died, of…
British government officials fined for lockdown parties
Police in London has found violations of Covid-19 restrictions in a number of festive events with British government officials and announced fines for…
Baltic NATO air policing unit active in patrolling and intercepting Russian planes
The Baltic air policing unit of NATO member states based in Lithuania is active in patrolling the borders of the Baltic states and…
Estonians embarked on foreign travel again in 2021
In a sign of Baltic travel recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic and its restrictions, Estonians made 575 000 international trips in 2021, which…
Latvian parliament to ban all events near Soviet army monuments
On Tuesday, 29 March, Latvian Saeima’s Human Rights and Public Affairs Committee passed for the final reading proposals developed by Artuss Kaimiņš and…
Daugavpils Locomotive Repair Plant to terminate 240 employees
On Monday, 28 March, JSC Daugavpils Locomotive Repair Plant (DLRR) and its subsidiaries LLC LokRem, LLC DL Metal and LLC Logkom sent a…
