BNN ANALYSES | Embarrassed Lithuanian government makes excuses, no solution on US-sanctioned Belaruskali
Linas Jegelevičius for the BNN Some joke now that Lithuania’s Foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis will go into history books as the most pugnacious…
Big Christmas Market to take place in Vērmanes Garden Park in Riga
The Big Christmas Market will be taking place in Riga Vērmanes Garden Park for six days – 17 December – 22 December. More…
Prisoner export in Europe: Denmark to rent 300 prison places in Kosovo
Denmark has agreed with Kosovo rent 300 prison cells in the Balkan country as Denmark has seen a rapid increase in the number…
Latvian parliament prepares to make child adoption to foreign countries more difficult
On Thursday, 16 December, the Saeima passed in the final reading amendments to the Law on the Protection of the Children’s Rights. These…
Berlin murder trial ends triggers expulsion of Russian diplomats
A court in Berlin has convicted a Russian man for the 2019 murder of a Chechnya-related Georgian national. Two Russian diplomats have been…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 934 in Latvia, 1 879 in Lithuania, 647 in Estonia
A total of 934 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 493 of the patients were either…
Lithuania requires people infected with Omicron to self-isolate regardless of vaccination
In Lithuania, where the first cases of people infected with the Omicron variant of the virus SARS-CoV-2 have been found, the Health Ministry…
Latvian parliament rejects opposition deputies’ proposal to temporarily reduce VAT for electricity
On Thursday, 16 December, Latvia’s parliament rejected legislative drafts from two opposition deputies that provided for temporarily reducing value added tax (VAT) for…
Latvian-Belarusian border situation intensifies; damages found on fences
Latvian State Border Guard has found two cases when the recently established temporary fence on the Latvian-Belarusian border was damaged, as confirmed by…
