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Proposal to express no confidence in Latvia’s Prime Minister over Russian-language content in public media
The opposition National Alliance (NA) has proposed that the Saeima express no confidence in Prime Minister Evika Siliņa (New Unity), citing the allocation…
BNN IN FOCUS | Migration, security and sovereignty: Filips Rajevskis on what Latvia should not repeat
Migration has become an increasingly serious issue in Western Europe, and sooner or later Latvia will also have to face it head-on. What…
New airBaltic CEO Erno Hildén: bank savings, liabilities and investments
The new Chief Executive Officer of Latvia’s national airline airBaltic, Erno Hildén, has accumulated nearly 400,000 euros in bank savings, according to his…
Trump: We may have to choose between Greenland and NATO
US President Donald Trump has indicated that he may have to choose between American ambitions to acquire Greenland and preserving NATO unity, writes…
Latvia’s electronic queue at the borders with Russia and Belarus: what the first months reveal
Since the 15th of October, 2025, when Latvia introduced an electronic queue registration system for crossing the country’s external border, a total of…
Estonian animal rights activists: Institutions and breeders should know who should not be entrusted with animals
The Estonian Animal Protection Association has proposed creating a list of people who should not own animals and making it available to both…
Tractors at the Arc de Triomphe and France against a free trade agreement with Mercosur
French farmers have blocked roads leading to Paris in protest, prompting France to vote against a free trade agreement that the European Union…
Declining birth rates force Daugavpils to rethink its kindergarten network
Due to ongoing demographic trends, the municipality of Daugavpils will soon have to reassess its network of pre-school education institutions, municipal officials say….
Latvia in mourning: Legendary basketball player Uļjana Semjonova has passed away
Uļjana Semjonova, one of Latvia’s greatest basketball players, has died at the age of 73 on Thursday, the 8th of January, the Latvian…
