Though the law receives bashing, Latvia still plans to go with mandatory military service
On Wednesday, 28 September, Latvian Saeima’s Defence, Internal Affairs and Corruption Prevention Committee passed in the first reading the National Defence Service Law…
Latvian PM: infrastructure sabotage in Baltic Sea is an extremely serious incident
Intentional damaging of infrastructure in the Baltic Sea is an extremely serious incident. In order to investigate it and agree on future steps,…
Latest events in Ukraine | Medvedev on the «referendum» results: «Welcome home to Russia!»
The referendums held in recent days in four occupied regions of Ukraine have overwhelmingly voted in favour of joining the Russian Federation, referring…
Reports coming in about major gas leaks from both Nord Stream pipelines in Baltic Sea
Danish authorities have detected three leaks from Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, which reach from Russia all the way to Germany….
Natural science exams to become mandatory for schools in Latvia
On 27 September the Cabinet of Ministers approved rules for the adoption of mandatory centralised exams in physics, chemistry, biology or other natural…
General turnout on first early election day in Latvia higher than four years ago
On the first day, when Latvian voters were able to give their votes in advance for storage for the upcoming 14th Saeima elections,…
Estonian residents are travelling just as much as five years ago
In the second quarter of 2022, Estonian residents travelled much more than in the second quarter of last year: the number of domestic…
Protests in Iran are not slowing down and becomes «a wome’s revolution»
The death of Iranian young woman Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested by the morality police triggered protests. At least…
Latvia’s ruling coalition agrees on additional energy support for households and businesses
On Monday, 26 September, the ruling coalition in Latvia made the decision to approve the allocation of an additional amount of EUR 425…
