BNN SUMMARY OF THE WEEK: One for all. Economic foreign policy. Wage feast
Beating Russia to it, Latvia decided, in solidarity with Estonia, to pull its ambassador from Moscow this week. This is an extraordinary turning…
Week in Lithuania: Vilnius receives loan for new trolleybuses, Ukrainian citizen robbed
Linas Jegelevičius Last week, President stripped the ex-US House speaker of a state award, Lithuania lost an ECHR case over a fairy tale…
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,…
