Week in Lithuania | five candidates to vie for HU-LCD party leader, President Nausėda says cable damages in the Baltic Sea not “coincidences”
President hinted that Lithuania must spend 5.5% of GDP on defence to create division by 2030; court awards Clint Eastwood 250 000 euros…
Minister’s advisor: I lost my job after making a post about the shortcomings of the national communication guidelines
Katrīna Iļjinska, advisor to Latvian Minister of Economics Viktors Valainis on topics of communication, has been dismissed from her post, as LETA was…
Media: Spying equipment found on seized Russian tanker
The Russian shadow fleet oil tanker Eagle S, which was detained by Finland this week after damaging the EstLink 2 undersea cable, was…
Trump urges US Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban
US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, the 27th of December, asked the US Supreme Court to postpone the upcoming TikTok ban, with his…
US sanctions former Georgian prime minister, billionaire Ivanishvili
The US on Friday, the 27th of December, imposed sanctions on Georgian billionaire, founder of the country’s leading party “Georgia Dream”, former Prime…
Strong wind and a snow surprise for the beginning of New Year
On Saturday, the 28th of December, weather in Latvia is expected to be rainy. The wind will blow from the west. Both at…
Chocolate and bread become luxuries at New Year celebrations in Russia
This holiday season, many Russians are struggling with rising costs as inflation pushes up the price of essentials. From Moscow to Siberia, the…
NATO to expand military presence in Baltic Sea
After this week’s incident, in which an underwater cable was damaged, NATO has decided to expand its military presence in the Baltic Sea,…
Data for 2023 shows 21.6% of Latvian residents under risk of poverty
In Latvia, 399 000 residents or 21.6% of the country’s population was at risk of poverty in 2023, which is 0.9 percentage points…
