Lithuania to start diverting 5-6% of GDP towards defence sector next year
Lithuania’s defence spending for 2026-2030 will be 5-6% of the country’s GDP in order to facilitate faster formation of army divisions, as decided…
Russian court sentences Navalny’s lawyers to prison
Russian court of law has sentenced to prison three lawyers who previously defended political opposition member Alexei Navalny, who later died in prison….
Latvian State Security Service denies municipal official access to official secrets
The State Security Service (VDD) has denied one municipal official access to official secrets. VDD has also issued short-term permits to eight other…
Latvian PM to have a long talk with institutions about pension errors – nearly 1 000 pensioners affected already
Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa has invited the management of the State Revenue Service (VID) and the State Social Insurance Agency (VSAA) to…
New surnames surface in discussions of candidates to lead Bank of Latvia
New surnames have surfaced in discussions held by Latvian government about the next President of the Bank of Latvia, as reported by LTV…
Meteorologists promise sunny weekend and more cold next week
There won’t be a lot of precipitation this weekend. Warmer masses of air flowing to Latvia will cause air temperature to go up…
BNN ANALYSES | Lithuanian authorities deny that Russia retains notable intelligence capabilities in the country
Linas Jegelevičius An article in The New York Times (NYT), which stated that U.S. officials identify Lithuania as a country where Russia still…
BNN IN FOCUS | Government acts as though airBaltic does not belong to the state – criticism from Filips Rajevskis
“Judging by the signals from airBaltic CEO Martin Gauss, it is likely unavoidable that the state will have to invest money into this…
Problems with official e-mail addresses cause Latvian residents to miss invitations for cancer screenings
Due to e-mail addresses remaining unconfirmed at “Latvija.lv” portal, many women in the country may have missed the invitations for government-funded breast and…
