Temperatures in Latvia to climb to as high as +30°C midweek
August 5, 2026
Every third schoolchild has experience violence from peers at least once recently
Looking into topics related to violence among teenagers, there has been a meeting of the advisory council Education for All. Its members studied…
Saeima passes regulations to create a new military field
Latvia’s Saeima has passed in the final reading the Law on the Creation of Selija Military Field. This law will provide the legal…
VIDEO | Dozens injured in an explosion in Paris
In a heavy explosion in the central part of Paris, 37 people were injured, four of them seriously writes the BBC. The explosion…
Latvian parties agree state companies should release shares on the exchange
Political parties New Unity (JV), Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) and Progressive party agree that it is necessary to release shares of…
Smugglers involved in the migrant ship disaster detained
Nine men have been charged and detained for the tragic capsizing of a migrant ship in the Mediterranean, which claimed at least 82…
Energy exports should not be developed at households’ expense, Latvian official warns
During the 20th June meeting of Latvian Saeima’s Environment, Climate and Energy Sub-Committee officials discussed the new power system service tariffs that will…
OPINION | Latvian PM is the architect of his own government’s collapse
Ilona Bērziņa, BNN Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš’s insistence in continuing coalition expansion talks with the Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) and…
Search for the tourist submarine continues; bangs heard from ocean
Rescuers continue to search for the tourist submarine Titan, which disappeared on its way to the wreck of the Titanic, and the latest…
NATO summit will promise aid to Ukraine to help modernise their army
During the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius this July, the alliance will promise Ukraine to help modernise their army, said NATO Secretary General…
