CSB: every third unemployed person in Latvia has been jobless for at least a year
In Q3 2021 unemployment rate in Latvia constituted 7.2 %. Compared to the previous quarter, the unemployment rate decreased by 0.7 percentage points,…
Austria begins vaccination of 5-to-11-year-olds amid lockdown for unvaccinated
In Vienna, the vaccination of 5-to-11-year-olds against Covid-19 has begun despite the EU European Medicines Agency still assessing the safety of a Covid-19…
Three Saeima deputies barred from entering the Saeima
97 Saeima deputies have submitted their Covid-19 vaccination certificates to the parliament’s Mandates, Ethics and Submissions Committee, which means they are permitted to…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 1 077 in Latvia, 1 915 in Lithuania, 869 in Estonia
A total of 1 007 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 641 of the patients were…
Iraq to begin repatriation of its nationals from Belarus
This week, a Minsk-Baghdad repatriation flight will begin the return of Iraqi nationals currently in Belarus seeking, but not allowed to cross into…
Moody’s maintains Latvia’s credit rating at A3
International credit rating agency Moody’s has maintained Latvia’s credit rating at A3 with a stable future outlook, as reported by Latvia’s State Treasury….
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…
