Municipal company Rīgas satiksme (RS) has announced a market survey for the purchase of 100 new trolleybuses and 24 trams, the company reports….
Opinion piece by Ilona Bērziņa Companies responsible for servicing the state’s emergency oil product reserves must be entirely above any suspicion of cooperating…
On the 13th of November, the Saeima rejected a request submitted by National Alliance (NA) MPs asking Minister of the Interior Rihards Kozlovskis…
Following negotiations with coalition partners, agreement has been reached on almost all submitted proposals, though “many technical details” still remain, Finance Minister Arvils…
This week, public attention has centred on the question of whether the Society Integration Foundation (SIF) should continue to exist in its current…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has recommended that US diplomats consider being overweight and having chronic medical conditions as grounds for denying…
The lead singer’s pro-Russian statements, including the statement that “Putin is a great guy,” have led to the cancellation of the American band…
In the week of heightened tensions between EU member Poland and the European Commission, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis opined that punishing Poland…
On Friday, 22 October, Latvia will experience strong wind and rainfall. Eastern territories are expected to be hit the hardest. Drivers are advised…
The Estonian government has adopted new restrictions to curb the surge in Covid-19 infections, which will enter into force in the two coming…
With the continued spread of Covid-19 in Latvia, the Disease Prevention and Monitoring Centre (SPKC) offers recommendations as to what residents should do…
This week’s weather is dictated by wide cyclone activity – on Friday, 22 October, strong wind and a wealth of precipitation is expected….
On Thursday, 21 October, Latvia’s Saeima conceptually passed amendments to the Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas. These amendments provide for merging…
50 kilometres from the Raigardas border crossing, there operates the Grodno cigarette factory. The border crossing has been popular among smugglers seeking to…
Funerals, weddings and baptisms – how is it possible to organize such events during the period of tight restrictions? Latvia’s Ministry of Justice…
Linas Jegelevičius for the BNN No other EU member state has been as much harsh and tough on authoritarian Belarus as Lithuania. No…
