Businessman in Latvia sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for offering a bribe
The Court of Economic Affairs (ELT) has found Rīgas namu apsaimniekotājs JSC board chairman Igors Trubko guilty of offering a briber of EUR…
VIDEO | FBI arrests suspect for leaking classified US documents
A 21-year-old Air Force soldier has been arrested in the US and charged with leaking secret military documents, which also contained information about…
Latvian government has no plans to provide Skulte LNG developers any financial guarantees
Latvia’s government has rejected the request to provide any financial guarantees to Skulte LNG terminal’s developers, said Minister of Climate and Energy Raimonds…
Nearly half of clothes brought to Latvia are “close to garbage state”
According to data from the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (CSP), Latvia imports on average more than 30 000 tonnes of various clothes,…
Pīlēns will have a higher chance of winning if Levits runs for president again
Businessman and Combined List party founder Uldis Pīlēns, according to certain politicians, would have a higher chance of winning presidential elections if President…
BNN IN FOCUS | Kaja Kallas’ third government starts its term by increasing Estonia’s taxes
On Wednesday, the 12th of April, the parliament of Latvia’s northern neighbour finally authorised Kaja Kallas to compose a basically already composed government….
Latvian doctor receives reprimand for not letting husband see his wife before she died
The Health Inspectorate has issued a reprimand to Riga Eastern Clinical University Hospital (RAKUS) for violating the Law on the Rights of Patients…
Latvia’s Minister of Agriculture still doesn’t have access to official secrets
Of the members of the government only Minister of Agriculture Didzis Šmits still does not have a permit to access official secrets. His…
North Korean missile causes confusion in Japan
Another missile test conducted by North Korea has caused confusion in the northern part of Japan, where an evacuation was announced, which was…
