WHO establishes Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has opened its Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin aimed at improving how Covid-19 strains are…
BNN ANALYSES | Tensions grip Lithuania, but will they trigger rise of nationalists?
Linas Jegelevičius for the BNN Tensions are simmering in Lithuania. The migrant crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, divisions stemming from the rejection for a…
Lithuania to require Covid-19 certificate for intercity train travel
In Lithuania, where the novel coronavirus spreads rapidly again, will from next week require the country’s national opportunity pass or the pan-EU Covid-19…
Riga vice-mayor: every day the hope of seeing hydrogen trolleybuses as viable transports is lost
The hydrogen-powered trolleybuses procured by Riga municipality’s public transport company SIA Rīgas satiksme have not lived up to their expectations, and every day…
Air temperature to his +23° C in Latvia one more time
Cold masses of air will flow to Latvia from the north together with a cyclone. This means there is a possibility of cold…
Sweden planning tax cuts to affect income of three quarters of population
The Swedish government has presented tax-cut proposals that could result in somewhat larger income to 7,5 million people in the Nordic country, Swedish…
CSP reports increased volumes of freights carried by land transport in Latvia
Compared to the same period of 2020, freight carried in transport by land and pipeline has grown by 4.5 %, but at ports…
ZVA: fully vaccinated people don’t need additional Covid-19 vaccine jabs
Looking at currently available evidence, it is clear people fully vaccinated for Covid-19 do not require additional vaccine jabs, as reported by Latvian…
Flash floods in US claim many lives
In north-eastern US, not less than 45 people have died in flash floods and tornadoes, British broadcaster BBC reports. On Wednesday, September 1,…
