Medicine prices in Latvia may rise more than planned
April 9, 2026
Latvian hospitals still receive more than 50 Covid-19 patients daily
Similarly to a week prior more than 50 Covid-19 patients are admitted to Latvian hospitals every day (51 on average and 53 last…
Latvian medical workers trade union slowly prepares for a strike
Latvian Trade Union of Health and Social Care Employees (LVSADA) is preparing for its planned strike slowly and gradually. The possibility of restarting…
Latvian State Police to rotate two more top officials in their posts
Next year Latvian State Police has plans to rotate two more top ranking police officials. Until now the post of deputy chief of…
Estonian government to decide on building new power stations in energy crisis
Amid soaring power prices in the region, the Estonian government will look into a plan by the Estonian Ministry of Economy and Communication…
Nearly a quarter of residents in Latvia at risk of poverty
439 thousand persons or 23.4 % of the population of Latvia were at risk of poverty in 2020 – 1.8 percentage points more…
Latvian police come across 168 kg of suspicious white powder substance in banana crates
A day before Christmas Latvian State Police received a call from a security service of an undisclosed retail network. Security reported having found…
Pope Francis: World losing compassion, looks silently at war, tragedies
Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church has evaluated that the world shows less compassion to immense human tragedies in wars and different…
Italy facing presidential election with PM Draghi likely successor to Mattarella
Italy is nearing its presidential election and prime minister Mario Draghi is a likely successor to incumbent Sergio Mattarella. «Super Mario» resigning could…
Latvian mobile communications operators pay a pretty penny for 5G frequency rights
Three Latvian mobile network operators will pay EUR 13.273 million for the rights to use 700 MHz frequency range for their respective 5G…
