Meteorologists warn about intense snowing in Riga
Considering the intense snowfall, which continues in Riga, meteorologists declare red warning level on Friday, 3 December. The warning will remain in force…
Aircraft rolls off runway at Riga International Airport
An airBaltic passenger aircraft returning tom Stockholm to Riga rolled off the runway due to poor visibility. Airport representative Ilze Salna says the…
Baltic Coal Terminal predicts freight turnover climb
Sea port Ventspils-based specialised terminal AS Baltic Coal Terminal (BCT) continues shipping coal freights to Europe and other regions of the world. It…
Women of Europe Award received by BioNTech co-founder
The Women of Europe Awards have been given and the co-founder of the German biotechnology company BioNTech, Özlem Türeci, has been awarded as…
Germany discusses compulsory vaccination, announces restrictions to people without Covid immunity
Germany could impose mandatory vaccination against Covid-19 from February, Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated. The government in Berlin has announced new restrictions…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 723 in Latvia, 2 040 in Lithuania, 507 in Estonia
A total of 723 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 407 of the patients were either…
ZZS leader: arrested ex-mayor of Ventspils has caught Covid-19 in prison
Ex-mayor of Ventspils Aivars Lembergs has caught Covid-19 in Riga Central Prison, as reported by Latvian Green Party and Union of Greens and…
Germany thanks Merkel for 16 years as Chancellor
In Berlin, an honouring ceremony at the occasion of Chancellor Angela Merkel leaving office has been held. From the second week of December,…
Food basket. Latvian ministry lists what people need to survive
In the middle of October Latvia’s Ministry of Welfare presented the long-awaited and so-called subsistence minimum basket or relative expenditure of households on…
