Year-end with a wintry character: snow, wind, and frost
December 29, 2025
LSA: it’s important to make sanctions more effective
Latvian Stevedoring Company Association (LSA) invites reassessing the list of goods Russia is supplied with through European countries, Latvia included. LSA points to…
Ukrainian MPs propose draft law on prisoner mobilisation
Ukraine’s desperate efforts to draft soldiers have prompted 14 Ukrainian MPs to follow Russia’s example and on Wednesday, the 13th of March, a…
International students and graduates in Estonia contribute over 23M euros in taxes in previous academic year
Statistics Estonia, commissioned by the Education and Youth Board, analysed for the fifth time the economic contribution of working international students and international…
Bank: Latvian residents’ financial health is behind that of other Baltic States
Though it has improved over the course of the year, financial health in Latvia remains considered rather weak. It is also in the…
Kazāks: European Central Bank will soon start lowering interest rates
The Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) will soon start lowering interest rates, as Governor of the Bank of Latvia and ECB…
Navalny’s ally Volkov attacked with a hammer in Lithuania
On Tuesday, the 12th of March, the long-time ally of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Leonid Volkov, was attacked with a…
Warsaw allocates 117 million zlotys for bomb shelters and other security measures
The Polish capital Warsaw will spend 117 million zlotys (30 million US dollars, 27 million euros) on bomb shelters and other security measures…
Number of students of vocational and secondary education institutions down by 11.1% in Latvia
In the last ten years, the number of students attending vocational and secondary education institutions has gone down by 11.1% or 3 448…
European lawmakers approve EU’s AI rulebook
The European Parliament (EP) plenary on Wednesday, the 13th of March adopted a landmark bill on artificial intelligence (AI) by 523 votes to…
