BNN summary of the week: Lay-offs for non-vaccinated people. Covid-19 medicine. Global pollution
This week the world’s attention turned slightly away from the topic of the pandemic towards no less topical problem of climate change. Countries…
Week in Lithuania: 201,200 vaccine doses to be sent to Latvia, President vetoes bill requiring unvaccinated workers to pay for tests
Last week, the top news in Lithuania were the President rejecting bill mandating unvaccinated, humanitarian aid to Latvia in the form of vaccines…
Physician: municipal leaders in Latgale made a mistake by asking residents to wait and promising Russian vaccine
Municipal leaders in Latgale made a mistake when they asked residents to wait out Covid-19 vaccination and promised them a vaccine from Russia,…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 1 821 in Latvia, 3 183 in Lithuania, 1 435 in Estonia
A total of 1 821 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 1 272 of the patients…
Economist explains the link between gas reserves and consumer price rise?
Although Latvia is once again under tight curfew due to Covid-19, which, according to many, has taken away the colours from the already…
Belarus and Russia approve 28 plans for nearing countries and joint defence doctrine
As Russia and Belarus move ahead with the plan to cooperate in a union state, the heads of both countries have signed an…
Supreme Court to enforce nearly EUR 1.5 million from ex-board members of Pasažieru vilciens
On Thursday, 4 November, Latvia’s Supreme Court’s Department of Criminal Cases decided to maintain the ruling of Riga Regional Court in accordance with…
Portugal’s parliament to be dissolved over budget rejection, President says
In Portugal, the country’s National Assembly will be dissolved and a snap election will be held, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has…
UK approves first oral drug for Covid-19 treatment
The British Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has approved the first drug against Covid-19 for oral treatment. The Molnupiravir capsules in the…
