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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
Don’t fall for It! These schemes are used by scammers who extracted nearly half a million euros in one week
December 1, 2025

Last week, 460,937 euros were defrauded from residents of Latvia, according to information from the State Police. From the 24th to the 30th…

Hydrogen fuel in Estonia: cars are available, suitable fueling station waits for permit
November 28, 2025
More than 110 million euros in losses in Latvia: heavy rainfall and frost have destroyed crops
November 26, 2025

Politics

“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
State Security Service urges prosecution of Rosļikovs for inciting national and ethnic hatred
November 14, 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

“Rīgas karte” has long been a source of scandals and excessive costs — liquidation proposed, Kleinbergs says
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…

BNN IN FOCUS | Why removing railway tracks in peacetime could bring Latvia more losses than benefits
Ogres December 4, 2025

“I would like to see the arguments presented by the National Armed Forces regarding the military component of railway track removal. Perhaps they…

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
Changes to early retirement in Latvia: service tenure and retirement age will increase, payments will be standardised
Ogres December 3, 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
Downing Street: Chinese embassy mega-complex could offer security advantages
December 3, 2025
Researcher: Avoid extremes when offering organic food in schools
December 3, 2025
Changes to early retirement in Latvia: service tenure and retirement age will increase, payments will be standardised
December 3, 2025
Latvia cuts several benefits for Ukrainian refugees due to funding constraints
December 3, 2025

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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
Latvia cuts several benefits for Ukrainian refugees due to funding constraints
December 3, 2025

The Saeima today adopted amendments to the Law on Support for the Civilian Population of Ukraine, removing several support measures, including benefits for…

Strengthening Latvia’s border nears the finish line: what has been done and what still lies ahead?
December 3, 2025
Latvia’s gender equality indicators are worsening – the sharpest decline in recent years
December 2, 2025

World

Downing Street: Chinese embassy mega-complex could offer security advantages
Ogres December 3, 2025

A spokesman for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that China’s plan to build a mega-complex in London could give Britons a…

Researcher: Avoid extremes when offering organic food in schools
Ogres December 3, 2025

A study by Ava Kutman, a junior researcher at Tartu College of Health Care, has concluded that potatoes grown in the immediate vicinity…

Fix, not throw away – Lithuania starts fight against electronic waste
Ogres December 3, 2025
Estonians compare Riga and Tallinn Christmas markets
Ogres December 2, 2025
Czech Republic forms cabinet; president demands explanations from candidates
Ogres December 2, 2025

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Rusiņš is still wanted and has been placed on an international wanted list as a dangerous criminal

08.11.202509.11.2025 Ogres

Leons Rusiņš, accused of killing a woman in front of her child and mother, is still being sought by police and has been…

Talk about Lavrov’s fall out of favor; Kremlin denies rumors

08.11.202509.11.2025 Ogres

Russian foreign policy veteran Sergei Lavrov has not been seen in public since late October, and there are rumors that he may have…

Fuel prices rise again in the Baltics

08.11.202509.11.2025 Ogres

During the past working week, fuel prices increased in the Baltic capitals, with the only exception being the price of diesel fuel in…

Hungary given one year off sanctions for Russian oil

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A White House has confirmed that US President Donald Trump has given Hungary one year off sanctions imposed for continuing to import Russian…

Economics Ministry seeks to write off Ventspils Port’s 3 million euro debt – project classified

08.11.202508.11.2025 Ogres

The Ministry of Economics (EM) has become involved in resolving the Ventspils Freeport Authority’s debt to the State Treasury and has prepared a…

Calm weekend in Latvia – clouds, fog, and up to +10 degrees

08.11.202509.11.2025 Ogres

Over the weekend, skies in Latvia will be mostly cloudy – on Saturday they will clear in some areas, but by Sunday the…

Lithuanian government workers call for pay hike; consider strike

07.11.202507.11.2025 Ogres

Unions representing police, border guards, firefighters and other service workers have urged the government to stick to its promise to raise wages, warning…

BNN IN FOCUS | Political Scientist: The Istanbul Convention has been raised to an ideological level; domestic violence problems remain in the shadows

07.11.202507.11.2025 Ogres

This week, the Istanbul Convention once again overshadowed all other developments on Latvia’s political stage — from the approval of the state budget…

Unidentified drones infest Belgian airspace

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Unidentified drones were once again spotted in Belgian airspace on Thursday night, and air traffic was suspended several times at airports, writes Politico….

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