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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

Fitch keeps Latvian credit rating at «A-» level

07.09.2021 Ogres

International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings (Fitch) has published a statement on Latvia’s credit rating, where it has been maintained the level of…

Bank of Latvia increases 2021 GDP forecast to 5.4% growth

07.09.2021 Ogres

The Bank of Latvia has increased to 5.4% its forecast to the growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Latvia for 2021,…

Tuesday’s Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 311 in Latvia, 705 in Lithuania, 391 in Estonia

07.09.2021 Ogres

A total of 311 new Covid-19 infection cases were registered in Latvia in the last 24 hours, to the morning of Tuesday, September…

2.9 million people in Baltics vaccinated against Covid-19

07.09.2021 Ogres

In the three Baltic states, more than 2.9 million people have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, with Lithuania leading the way and Estonia…

Belarus sentences its opposition activists to long years in prison

07.09.2021 Ogres

A court in Belarus has sentenced two leading Belarusian opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Maxim Znak to long prison terms. Exiled opposition leader…

Estonia preparing for municipal election as last day to submit candidates

07.09.202107.09.2021 Ogres

In Estonia, Tuesday, September 7, is the last day to register candidates for the local government election of this autumn, Estonian public broadcaster…

Denmark eases Covid-19 guidelines to schools

07.09.202107.09.2021 Ogres

In Denmark, health and education officials have decided to ease Covid-19 guidelines to schools so that pupils will no longer be sent home…

El Salvador becomes first country to adopt bitcoin as its currency – Baltic News Network

07.09.202107.09.2021 Ogres

The Central American country of El Salvador has made a landmark monetary decision by adopting bitcoin as its second official currency becoming the…

The Psychology of Yoga

07.09.202107.01.2022 Ogres

Many people say that after starting yoga they feel mentally stronger, more relaxed, less depressed and more level-headed than before. Heck, I’m the…

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