Seeing Omicron spread, WHO urges not to gather in crowds during holidays
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged people in the world to cancel or delay their Christmas and New Year plans of going…
Unemployment in Latvia up slightly in November
In November 2021 actual unemployment rate comprised 7.1 %, which is 0.4 percentage points more than in October. The unemployment rate for males…
BNN ANALYSES | Latvian ministry quietly tries prohibiting distance teaching for 1st-6th graders
Latvia’s Ministry of Education and Science attempted to carry rather fundamental changes to the country’s education system through the «back door». Specifically the…
Lithuania changes covid test rules to travellers
The Lithuanian Health Ministry has announced updated rules for travellers in the context of Covid-19 testing, self-isolation and the virus variant of Omicron…
Eurostat: Lithuanians least willing to verify information read online
Europeans differ greatly in their willingness to verify information seen or read on news websites and social media, Eurostat has found in recent…
Jurmala plans to increase heating tariff by 8.5% next year
SIA Jūrmalas siltums plans to increase the heating tariff in the city by 8.5% starting from 1 February 2022, according to the official…
Polish media ownership bill triggers protest in Warsaw, support of news channel
Polish legislators have passed a bill limiting foreign ownership of media organisations in the eastern EU member. Seeing this as an attack on…
Latvian minister warns of rapid surge of infection cases and possible need for more restrictions
Considering that a rapid surge of Covid-19 Omicron variant infections is expected in Latvia, experts say there is a possibility of up to…
Europe takes Omicron seriously as lockdown introduced in Netherlands
Netherlands have introduced a lockdown on non-essential businesses and restrictions on gathering for three weeks, British public broadcaster BBC reports. «To sum it…
