Restrictions help notably reduce Covid-19 infections in Latvia
For the second consecutive week Covid-19 infection rates continue to decline in Latvia. This can be explained with the epidemiological safety measures imposed…
Labour shortage in Lithuania prompts businesses to call for guest workers from neighbours
Lithuanian business employers have in a meeting with President Gitanas Nausėda called for more open immigration policy toward neighbouring third countries to alleviate…
In ten hours Latvian Saeima tackles one-third of received proposals for 2022 budget
On Monday, 15 November, Latvia’s parliament commenced the viewing of the 2022 state budget package. In ten hours deputies reviewed one-third of all…
Disappointment at climate conference outcome directed at China and India
In Scotland, the UN Climate Change Conference has ended. Around 200 countries have declared their practical goals, how they commit to reducing the…
Covid-19 vaccination coverage in education facilities at 90% in Latvia
The coverage of Covid-19 vaccination in education facilities in Latvia has reached 90%, as Minister of Education and Science Anita Muižniece reported on…
Moscow hopes Belarus will not close gas transit tap for EU
As two of Russia’s natural gas pipelines to EU member states run through Belarus and Aleksander Lukashenko has pointed to this fact with…
Accommodation centres for detained foreigners are not crowded, says Latvian State Border Guard
The accommodations centres for detained foreigners managed by the State Border Guard are not overcrowded, reports the State Border Guard. There are two…
Number of tourists visiting Latvia continues increasing
In September 2021 the number of foreign and resident visitors comprised 149.6 thousand, which is 35.8 % more than in September 2020, but…
Epidemiologist predicts all of Latvia will have either vaccinated or recovered from covid in coming months
In the coming months all residents in Latvia will have either vaccinated or have recovered from Covid-18, said epidemiologist Ņikita Trojanskis in an…
