Salaspils Council decides to limit gambling activities
All gambling location Salaspils will need to close down in the next five years, as reported by Salaspils Council public relations specialist Ginta…
Ireland gets tough with alcohol, introduces minimum price for beverages
Ireland has introduced the minimum price per unit of alcoholic for beverages sold in alcohol shops, other shops and supermarkets, British public broadcaster…
Latvian and Estonia sign agreement for cooperation to ensure security of gas supply
Latvian Minister of Economics Jānis Vitenbergs has signed an agreement with the Estonian government for solidarity in activities to ensure security of gas…
EU top diplomat goes to Ukraine to visit conflict zone
Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign and defence representative, is on a visit to Ukraine from Tuesday, January 4, as his first trip of…
Latvian government to expand the list of state-compensated medicines
After reaching an agreement with medicine manufacturers and wholesale traders, in 2022 it is planned to reduce the price of several compensated medicines…
Body of a two-year-old found in apartment in Liepaja
In the morning of 31 December 2021 Latvian State Police received information from the Emergency Medical Service that a body of a two…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 1 628 in Latvia, 2 278 in Lithuania, 1 497 in Estonia
A total of 1 628 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 617 of the patients were…
Nuclear-armed major powers commit not to fight with nuclear weapons
Five countries with an arsenal of nuclear weapons have released a UN statement saying «a nuclear war cannot be won and must never…
Ministry: energy resource prices and government decisions to affect industrial sector
Future developments of Latvia’s industrial sector will be affected by the situation with energy resource prices and the government’s possible decisions to improve…
