US-China summit focuses on keeping status quo as to Taiwan
In a distance summit of China and US, the presidents of both countries have warned each other from decisive actions as to Taiwan….
Riga makes plans to become a Zero Waste city
Riga City Council’s Housing and Environment Committee gathered for a meeting Tuesday, 16 November. There deputies discussed efforts to make the city a…
Latvian government to allocate additional EUR 25.85 million towards healthcare sector
On 16 November Latvia’s government decided to allocate more than EUR 25.85 million to the healthcare sector to help cover the costs that…
US sends Ukraine 80 tonnes of ammunition in defence cooperation
Ukraine, which continues its fight against pro-Russia rebels in the less active Donbas War, has received about 80 tonnes of ammunition from the…
GDP growth in Latvia reportedly higher than the average in EU
Compared to the same period of last year, Latvia’s gross domestic product turned out more rapid than the average in the European Union…
CSB: every third unemployed person in Latvia has been jobless for at least a year
In Q3 2021 unemployment rate in Latvia constituted 7.2 %. Compared to the previous quarter, the unemployment rate decreased by 0.7 percentage points,…
Austria begins vaccination of 5-to-11-year-olds amid lockdown for unvaccinated
In Vienna, the vaccination of 5-to-11-year-olds against Covid-19 has begun despite the EU European Medicines Agency still assessing the safety of a Covid-19…
Three Saeima deputies barred from entering the Saeima
97 Saeima deputies have submitted their Covid-19 vaccination certificates to the parliament’s Mandates, Ethics and Submissions Committee, which means they are permitted to…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 1 077 in Latvia, 1 915 in Lithuania, 869 in Estonia
A total of 1 007 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 641 of the patients were…
