Year-end with a wintry character: snow, wind, and frost
December 29, 2025
BNN IN FOCUS | train delays are caused by problems with railway infrastructure
The heat surrounding the cancellation and delays of Vivi electric trains has calmed down a little bit. Nevertheless, together with technical malfunctions of…
Emmanuel Macron flexes his political muscles
French President Emmanuel Macron showed off his muscles on Wednesday, the 20th of March, by publishing photos of his strength in action. The…
VIDEO | Musk’s Neuralink shows how the first brain “chip” patient plays chess online
Elon Musk’s brain chip company Neuralink demonstrated its first patient, Noland Arbaugh, using an implanted device to control a computer cursor to play…
Stevedores: we don’t buy anything and we have no say where freight is headed
Port-based stevedores do not buy or sell goods – international companies that operated based on international rules do that, said Latvian Stevedoring Company…
Food and Veterinary Service reports more than 60 dead wild boars in Latvia
Latvian Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) has received reports of more than 60 dead wild boars found in Madona County, as LETA was…
UN: Russia consolidates control over occupied Ukraine with “climate of fear”
Danielle Bell, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), said Russia is illegally consolidating control over occupied Ukrainian territory…
E-prescriptions issued in Latvia to be valid in other EU member states
In order to provide residents the option to purchase prescribed medicines in other EU member states during foreign trips, Latvia has started cross-border…
Authorities apprehend scam call centre workers; Latvian residents among their victims
Latvian State Police (VP) together with Ukrainian law enforcers managed to uncover a phone scam group that operated from Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine,…
If imports from Belarus are banned, elevator maintenance in Latvia could become at risk
Around 2 500 elevators in Latvia were manufactured in Belarus, which is why a full ban on imports from this country would complicate…
