Temperatures in Latvia to climb to as high as +30°C midweek
August 5, 2026
Latvian security expert calls Putin’s nuclear arms deployment in Belarus an intimidation attempt
The announcement from Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the deployment of tactical nuclear arms in Belarus is yet another attempt to intimidate the…
BNN ANALYSES | Court reschedules hearing because it interfered with Ventspils ex-mayor’s leisure trip
Opinion piece The so-called Aivars Lembergs criminal case has been in review by Riga Regional Court for more than a year. Among the…
Expert: if no Russian content is generated, target audience will not switch to Latvian content
If public media cease generating content in Russian language, its target audience will not switch to content in Latvian language. Instead they will…
Zelensky: Russia uses Zaporizhzhia NPP for blackmail
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the Russian army holds the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant as «hostage», and its safety cannot be guaranteed…
Estonia supports further natural gas saving measures
Estonia plans to support the proposal of the European Commission (EC) to extend the time period in which European Union (EU) countries are…
Council of Europe urges Great Britain to stop new migration law
The Council of Europe has called on the British Parliament not to adopt the new law, which should reduce the flow of illegal…
Latvian PM suggests lifting urgent status from contested public media law amendments
Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš believes it is necessary to lift the status of urgent amendments to the Law on Public Electronic Mass…
Latvijas Radio workers say merge of public media is rushed; request procedure to be halted
Because of the rushed procedure and high risks of it weakening public media, workers of Latvijas Radio have sent an open letter to…
Latvian power distribution company signs contract for financing from EU Recovery Fund
Latvian power distribution system operator Sadales tīkls JSC has signed a contract with the Ministry of Economics for the provision of EUR 41.9…
