BNN ANALYSES | Lithuania’s former president Grybauskaite a favourite in the upcoming presidential elections
Linas Jegelevičius for BNN A new poll gauging Lithuanians’ affinity with potential candidates for the 2024 presidential election raised some eyebrows. Gitanas Nausėda,…
Fur farming in Latvia to be banned starting with 2028. Parliament prepares legislative framework
On Thursday, 22 September, Latvia’s Saeima passed in the final reading amendments to the Animal Protection Law in order to bank animal farming…
In Estonia many people use their savings to cope with inflation
Inflation has exceeded 20% in Estonia and currently is the highest rate in Estonia. That has led many domestic consumers to start using…
European Union prepares new sanctions against Russia
On Wednesday, 21 September, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union met in New York and agreed that new anti-Russian sanctions are…
Money donated for Latvian Bayraktar will be spent on Latvian-made UAVs
In the current economic situation and due to growing inflation collecting the EUR 5 million needed to purchase a Bayraktar B2 UAV will…
Mass protests in Russia following mobilisation announcement
Police in Russia have arrested hundreds of people who took to the streets to protests against mobilisation of 300 000 reservists to the…
Azovstal defenders exchanged for Medvedchuk and Russian troops
Russia and Ukraine have carried out an exchange of prisoners of war. In it Russia returned 215 Ukrainian soldiers and received in exchange…
Large protests erupt in Iran at the death of a woman detained by the morality police
The protests, which were concentrated in Iran’s Kurdish–populated northwestern regions but have spread to at least 50 cities and towns nationwide, are the…
In Russia thousands arrested at anti-war protest after Putin orders mobilisation
Russian police have arrested hundreds of protesters rallying against the Kremlin’s decision to call up thousands of extra troops to fight in Ukraine,…
