Year-end with a wintry character: snow, wind, and frost
December 29, 2025
Latvian State Police apprehend man for spreading false information
Last week Latvian State Police (VP) and Emergency Medical Service (NMPD) received calls from a man in Kuldiga who reported a crime and…
Cash used in transactions in Latvia less and less – 118.8 billion processed in six months
Latvian payment processing service providers (credit institutions, electronic money institutions, payment institutions, deposit association, Bank of Latvia and State Chancellery) processed a total…
Russia completely disconnects Zaporizhzhya NPP from the grid
Russian armed forces have completely disconnected Zaporizhzhya NPP from the grid, according to Ukrainian nuclear power company Enerhoatom, noting that a disaster safeguard…
Weekly events in Lithuania: Russian tourists, soaring energy prices, border guard’s insufficiently armed
The Baltic states are leading the charge to have the EU stop issuing tourist visas to all Russians. An effective measure to put…
Intensive traffic congestion expected in Pierīga on Friday
Residents in Pierīga will have to deal with intensive road traffic in the direction of the sea and on Liepāja highway on Friday,…
Final stage of Soviet Victory Monument’s demolition commences – obelisk next in line
Thursday, 25 August, marks the start of the final stage of demolition of the Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga…
Riga’s executive director: although hard to predict the exact moment, the monument will fall today
Currently it is hard to predict the exact moment when the Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German…
Russia signals a surprisingly smooth decoupling from the West
Russia’s record employment signals a surprisingly smooth decoupling from the West. Its rapid replacement of McDonald’s and Starbucks says business as usual. Yet…
Latvijas Gāze explains reasons for discontinuing equalised payment option
15 September will mark the coming into force of Latvijas Gāze’s (LG) new payment order for households. This new order no longer mentions…
