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Influenza incidence in Latvia approaches epidemic threshold
December 4, 2025
Fog and light precipitation will continue, but the weekend will bring wetter and warmer weather
December 3, 2025
airBaltic rating downgraded: Fitch warns of weak financial flexibility and uncertain IPO timeline
December 2, 2025

The international credit rating agency Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) has downgraded the long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of Latvia’s national airline airBaltic from “B–”/negative…

Don’t fall for It! These schemes are used by scammers who extracted nearly half a million euros in one week
December 1, 2025
Hydrogen fuel in Estonia: cars are available, suitable fueling station waits for permit
November 28, 2025

Politics

Latvian Parliament approves budget changes – what will change for residents in 2026?
December 4, 2025
“We won’t give in to blackmail” — JV leader comments on coalition crisis and budget vote
December 1, 2025
Latvia closes its remaining routes to Russia and Belarus: government order in the works
November 27, 2025
Secret deadlines and rising costs: Transport Ministry explains the Rail Baltica chaos
November 26, 2025
ZZS convenes an extraordinary board meeting “on the political situation in Latvia”
November 21, 2025
Candidate for Prosecutor General Meisters: Submission on support for the timber industry requires evaluation
November 19, 2025

Business

“Rīgas karte” has long been a source of scandals and excessive costs — liquidation proposed, Kleinbergs says
By Ogres   December 4, 2025

The Riga City Council’s Finance and Administration Affairs Committee will on Thursday decide on terminating the operations of SIA Rīgas karte, the municipality…

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Ventspils Freeport begins electrification of ferry berth – the project will cost more than 4 million euros
By Ogres   December 3, 2025
Opinion: Latvia’s oil product reserves — can we really be sure they are safe?
By Ogres   November 13, 2025
Fuel prices rise again in the Baltics
By Ogres   November 8, 2025
Maxima Latvija has long engaged in unfair practices against suppliers, Competition Council finds
By Ogres   November 6, 2025

Tallinn Airport to undergo 75 million euros expansion
Ogres December 4, 2025

The largest investment to date in the development of Tallinn Airport, including self-service terminals and larger parking, is expected to double passenger numbers…

Finnair cancels evening flight to Vilnius due to regular airport closure
Ogres December 4, 2025

Given the regular disruptions to air traffic in Vilnius caused by balloons launched by smugglers, Finnish airline Finnair has decided to cancel its…

Latvia’s Central Bank warns of weak export performance – what it means for all of us
Ogres December 4, 2025
“Rīgas karte” has long been a source of scandals and excessive costs — liquidation proposed, Kleinbergs says
Ogres December 4, 2025
BNN IN FOCUS | Why removing railway tracks in peacetime could bring Latvia more losses than benefits
Ogres December 4, 2025

Tallinn Airport to undergo 75 million euros expansion
December 4, 2025
Finnair cancels evening flight to Vilnius due to regular airport closure
December 4, 2025
Latvia’s Central Bank warns of weak export performance – what it means for all of us
December 4, 2025
“Rīgas karte” has long been a source of scandals and excessive costs — liquidation proposed, Kleinbergs says
December 4, 2025
BNN IN FOCUS | Why removing railway tracks in peacetime could bring Latvia more losses than benefits
December 4, 2025
Latvian Parliament approves budget changes – what will change for residents in 2026?
December 4, 2025

Social

Latvia’s Central Bank warns of weak export performance – what it means for all of us
December 4, 2025
BNN IN FOCUS | Why removing railway tracks in peacetime could bring Latvia more losses than benefits
December 4, 2025
Changes to early retirement in Latvia: service tenure and retirement age will increase, payments will be standardised
December 3, 2025

Members of the Saeima today adopted, in the final reading, amendments to nine laws that will introduce gradual changes to the current service…

Latvia cuts several benefits for Ukrainian refugees due to funding constraints
December 3, 2025
Strengthening Latvia’s border nears the finish line: what has been done and what still lies ahead?
December 3, 2025

World

Tallinn Airport to undergo 75 million euros expansion
Ogres December 4, 2025

The largest investment to date in the development of Tallinn Airport, including self-service terminals and larger parking, is expected to double passenger numbers…

Finnair cancels evening flight to Vilnius due to regular airport closure
Ogres December 4, 2025

Given the regular disruptions to air traffic in Vilnius caused by balloons launched by smugglers, Finnish airline Finnair has decided to cancel its…

Downing Street: Chinese embassy mega-complex could offer security advantages
Ogres December 3, 2025
Researcher: Avoid extremes when offering organic food in schools
Ogres December 3, 2025
Fix, not throw away – Lithuania starts fight against electronic waste
Ogres December 3, 2025

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A new Prosecutor General in Latvia – Armīns Meisters

20.11.202520.11.2025 Ogres

On Thursday, the Saeima appointed Armīns Meisters, Chief Prosecutor of the Riga Judicial Region Prosecutor’s Office, as Latvia’s new Prosecutor General. Eighty-eight Members…

Top US military officials head to Ukraine to discuss ending war

20.11.202524.11.2025 Ogres

The US military has said that senior military officials have arrived in Ukraine to discuss ending the war with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,…

A new cyclone will bring snow and sleet to Latvia

20.11.202520.11.2025 Ogres

On Thursday, the sky will be cloudy, clearing only in some places from the second half of the night. During the night, precipitation…

Georgia: Abandoning the path to the West and a few steps away from dictatorship

19.11.202519.11.2025 Ogres

A little over a year ago, a series of opposition parties competed for votes in Georgia’s parliamentary elections, with four of them entering…

Major criminal cases “get stuck” in the system in Latvia – Prosecutor General candidate calls for changes to the Criminal Procedure Law

19.11.202519.11.2025 Ogres

Under the current regulations, it is in fact impossible to adjudicate any large-scale criminal case within a reasonable time frame, Prosecutor General candidate…

Dance around Mere – Lithuanian stores change parent company, but not owners

19.11.202520.11.2025 Ogres

The Spanish company that took over the Mere store chain in Lithuania is owned by the same three Russian citizens who were previously…

Chinese agents’ new playground: LinkedIn

19.11.202520.11.2025 Ogres

British intelligence agency MI5 has warned that Chinese state security agents are targeting British lawmakers by offering them jobs on the social networking…

Candidate for Prosecutor General Meisters: Submission on support for the timber industry requires evaluation

19.11.202519.11.2025 Ogres

The Prosecutor General’s Office should assess the submission by Minister of Agriculture Armands Krauze (Union of Greens and Farmers) regarding support measures for…

US Congress approves release of Epstein files

19.11.202524.11.2025 Ogres

Both houses of the US Congress have agreed to order the Justice Department to release its files on the case of convicted sex…

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