Fitch affirms Latvia’s credit rating at ‘A-‘
May 10, 2025
BNN ANALYSES | 22.5% of Latvia’s population at risk of poverty but people’s servants still get a raise
Opinion piece. Ilona Bērziņa, BNN While the director of Latvia’s State Chancellery Jānis Citskovskis is busy talking about looking for «middle ground» on…
Mayor of Daugavpils decides to found regional party; abandons Harmony
Chairman of Daugavpilc City Council Andrejs Elksniņš reports he has decided to leave political party Harmony and found a new regional political party….
Latvian Saeima conceptually supports lengthening process for termination of sea port authorities
Saeima press-service reports that on Thursday, the 26th of January, the legislator conceptually supported the urgent amendments to the Law on Ports that…
Swiss TELF AG forms consortium for investments into Baltic Coal Terminal
Switzerland-based international goods and service company Telf AG has reached an agreement for investments for Freeport of Ventspils company Baltic Coal Terminal. Investments…
Second round of presidential elections is underway in Czech Republic
Czech voters are preparing to go to the polls to vote for the country’s next president, who will take office in March, writes…
Harmony leader wishes Daugavpils mayor «good luck» with new party
I hope the former Harmony representatives in Daugavpils City Council took the risks seriously when evaluating the decision by Daugavpils City Council Chairman…
Meteorologists promise strong wind and precipitation for last days of January
The end of the week will not have much precipitation in Latvia. However, next week multiple precipitation zones will pass through Latvia’s territory,…
War in Ukraine: aggressor is heavily shelling Ukrainian cities
At least 11 people have been killed in the heavy shelling that Russia has directed at Ukrainian cities after the announcement of tank…
Riga City Council expects EUR 140 million more in budget revenue than last year
On Wednesday, the 25th of January, Riga City Council passed the municipality’s budget, the revenue in which is planned to be EUR 140…
