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Influenza incidence in Latvia approaches epidemic threshold
December 4, 2025
Fog and light precipitation will continue, but the weekend will bring wetter and warmer weather
December 3, 2025
airBaltic rating downgraded: Fitch warns of weak financial flexibility and uncertain IPO timeline
December 2, 2025

The international credit rating agency Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) has downgraded the long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of Latvia’s national airline airBaltic from “B–”/negative…

Don’t fall for It! These schemes are used by scammers who extracted nearly half a million euros in one week
December 1, 2025
Hydrogen fuel in Estonia: cars are available, suitable fueling station waits for permit
November 28, 2025

Politics

Record defence funding for Latvia: Armed Forces receive the largest budget in history
December 5, 2025
Latvian Parliament approves budget changes – what will change for residents in 2026?
December 4, 2025
“We won’t give in to blackmail” — JV leader comments on coalition crisis and budget vote
December 1, 2025
Latvia closes its remaining routes to Russia and Belarus: government order in the works
November 27, 2025
Secret deadlines and rising costs: Transport Ministry explains the Rail Baltica chaos
November 26, 2025
ZZS convenes an extraordinary board meeting “on the political situation in Latvia”
November 21, 2025

Business

“Rīgas karte” has long been a source of scandals and excessive costs — liquidation proposed, Kleinbergs says
By Ogres   December 4, 2025

The Riga City Council’s Finance and Administration Affairs Committee will on Thursday decide on terminating the operations of SIA Rīgas karte, the municipality…

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Ventspils Freeport begins electrification of ferry berth – the project will cost more than 4 million euros
By Ogres   December 3, 2025
Opinion: Latvia’s oil product reserves — can we really be sure they are safe?
By Ogres   November 13, 2025
Fuel prices rise again in the Baltics
By Ogres   November 8, 2025
Maxima Latvija has long engaged in unfair practices against suppliers, Competition Council finds
By Ogres   November 6, 2025

Invasive slugs threaten gardens in Lithuania too
Ogres December 5, 2025

Invasive slug species in Lithuania are causing serious damage to crops, gardens and public green spaces, and despite the use of plant protection…

Record defence funding for Latvia: Armed Forces receive the largest budget in history
Ogres December 5, 2025

In the state budget adopted yesterday, a total of €2.16 billion has been allocated for national defence, of which 50% – or €1.07…

Latvia: Saeima adopts 2026 state budget – expenditures 17.9 billion euros, deficit 3.3%
Ogres December 5, 2025
Tallinn Airport to undergo 75 million euros expansion
Ogres December 4, 2025
Finnair cancels evening flight to Vilnius due to regular airport closure
Ogres December 4, 2025

Invasive slugs threaten gardens in Lithuania too
December 5, 2025
Record defence funding for Latvia: Armed Forces receive the largest budget in history
December 5, 2025
Latvia: Saeima adopts 2026 state budget – expenditures 17.9 billion euros, deficit 3.3%
December 5, 2025
Tallinn Airport to undergo 75 million euros expansion
December 4, 2025
Finnair cancels evening flight to Vilnius due to regular airport closure
December 4, 2025
Latvia’s Central Bank warns of weak export performance – what it means for all of us
December 4, 2025

Social

Latvia: Saeima adopts 2026 state budget – expenditures 17.9 billion euros, deficit 3.3%
December 5, 2025
Latvia’s Central Bank warns of weak export performance – what it means for all of us
December 4, 2025
BNN IN FOCUS | Why removing railway tracks in peacetime could bring Latvia more losses than benefits
December 4, 2025

“I would like to see the arguments presented by the National Armed Forces regarding the military component of railway track removal. Perhaps they…

Fog, wet snow and rain: gloomy weather will continue throughout the week and weekend
December 4, 2025
Changes to early retirement in Latvia: service tenure and retirement age will increase, payments will be standardised
December 3, 2025

World

Invasive slugs threaten gardens in Lithuania too
Ogres December 5, 2025

Invasive slug species in Lithuania are causing serious damage to crops, gardens and public green spaces, and despite the use of plant protection…

Tallinn Airport to undergo 75 million euros expansion
Ogres December 4, 2025

The largest investment to date in the development of Tallinn Airport, including self-service terminals and larger parking, is expected to double passenger numbers…

Finnair cancels evening flight to Vilnius due to regular airport closure
Ogres December 4, 2025
Australia’s ban for children to use social networks starts to work
Ogres December 4, 2025
Downing Street: Chinese embassy mega-complex could offer security advantages
Ogres December 3, 2025

Latest Posts

Heating tariff planned to be doubled in Riga

02.09.2022 Ogres

Rīgas siltums JSC (RS) plans to double the heating tariff in Latvia’s capital on 2 October, according to the company’s suggested tariff changes….

Standard type apartment prices going down in Latvia for the first time since 2020

02.09.202202.09.2022 Ogres

In August 2022 there was a drop in prices of standard apartments – prices decreased by 1% when compared to Q2 of 2022….

Knowledge Day in Latvia will be cold; rain expected as well

01.09.2022 Ogres

Today, 1 September, air temperature in Latvia will go down slightly. Some areas will experience rainfall, meteorologists predict. The amount of clouds will…

Latvia increases tariffs of produced heating energy; prices in Riga to be strongly affected

01.09.2022 Ogres

Latvian Public Utilities Commission (SPRK) has approved new heating energy tariffs for Latvenergo JSC TEC-1 and TEC-2. Tariffs will be significantly above existing…

Latvijas Gāze doesn’t have enough gas in Inčukalns to satisfy households’ needs

01.09.202201.09.2022 Ogres

As of 31 August 2022 the volume of natural gas owned by Latvijas Gāze JSC (LG) in Inčukalns gas storage facility is 0.2946…

Ukrainian law enforcers register more than 30 000 crimes committed by Russia

01.09.2022 Ogres

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office said this in a post on the Telegram messenger that law enforcers registered 31 059 crimes of aggression…

BNN ANALYSES | Lithuania completes 502 kilometre border barrier with Belarus

01.09.202201.09.2022 Ogres

Linas Jegelevičius for BNN The construction of a fence consisting of raze wire and stretching approximately 502 kilometres along Lithuania’s border with Belarus…

Unemployment in Latvia – the highest among Baltic States and below average in Eurozone

01.09.202201.09.2022 Ogres

In July 2022 unemployment in Latvia was at 6.5%, which is higher than average in the European Union, but lower than average in…

Tension remains high between China and Taiwan

01.09.2022 Ogres

This Thursday the Taiwanese army shot down «an unidentified civilian drone» that entered restricted air space area above the island of Shiyu Island…

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