Weekend’s weather forecast for Latvia
The strong wind will carry colder masses of air to Latvia in the coming days, causing the air temperature to drop in the…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 4 885 in Latvia, 7 057 in Lithuania, 3 845 in Estonia
A total of 4 885 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 1 982 of the patients…
Riga’s mayor approves of turning Congress Centre into National Acoustic Concert Hall
To ensure the National Acoustic Concert Hall successfully appears in Riga in the next decade, the safest road is using the Congress Centre,…
BNN ANALYSES | Lithuanian medical staff not to have mandatory vaccination amid 7,057 new Covid-19 cases
Linas Jegelevičius for the BNN Lithuania has recorded a new mind-blowing high of 7,057 daily coronavirus infections, as well as nine deaths from…
MEPs: Hungarian elections need OSCE observers due to risks to democracy
The Hungarian parliamentary elections should to be monitored by OSCE observers, a group of members of the European Parliament have stated, expecting challenges…
Latvia’s Constitution Protection Bureau receives a new director
On Thursday, 20 January, Latvia’s Saeima elected Egils Zviedris as the new Director of the Constitution Protection Bureau (SAB). Previously 90 Saeima deputies…
Actual unemployment in Latvia reported at 7.6% in 2021
In December 2021, the actual unemployment rate in Latvia was 7.6 %, up by 0.5 percentage points compared to November. The male unemployment…
Tonga receives first humanitarian aid to recover from volcano eruption and tsunami
In the Polynesian island nation of Tonga, which was recently hit by a powerful volcano eruption and a subsequent tsunami, the first planes…
Latvian police to not take special measures to check with new mask-wearing rules
Latvian State Police will not organise any special raids to control residents’ compliance with the new mask-wearing requirements. Police patrols will do that…
