Teacher’s Day in Latvia to be celebrated on the 5th of October from now on
Latvian Saeima has passed in the final reading amendments to the Law on Public Holidays, Commemoration Days, and Celebration Days proposed by President…
Lithuania Receives International Safety Rating From FAA
Lithuania has achieved the top ranking (Category one) from the Federal Aviation administration (FAA) following its first International Aviation Safety Assessment. This opens…
Foreign investors give Latvia’s investment climate historically the lowest score
According to foreign investors, the investment climate in Latvia in 2023 was the lowest it has ever been – 1.9 points out of…
With Kariņš back in the Saeima, one New Unity member loses her seat
With former Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš back in the Saeima, Viktorija Baire loses her seat in the parliament, according to information from…
Residents protest in Riga against construction of football stadium on top of public gardens in Lucavsala
More than 50 people came to Riga City Council to protest against the removal of public vegetable gardens from Lucavsala to clear the…
Survey: voters in many countries sceptical about democracy
A survey published on Thursday, the 11th of April, by the governance watchdog, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), concludes…
Ambulance medic receives suspended prison sentence for not providing aid to woman, who later died
Zemgale District Court gave former Emergency Medical Service (NMPD) medical assistant to a suspended prison sentence for abandoning an unconscious woman and not…
Zelenskyy: deadly strike in Chernihiv “would not have happened” if there had been more air defence systems
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that lives could have been saved if Ukraine had received sufficient Western military aid before the Russian air…
BBC: Nearly 25% more Russian soldiers died in Russia’s “meat grinder” in second year of war
The BBC, in cooperation with the independent media group Mediazone and volunteers, has confirmed that the number of Russian military casualties in Ukraine…
