This week in Latvia – from warmth to frost
April 22, 2025
BNN summary of the week: patient admission in a garage. Ušakovs’ MEP immunity. Inaction in Lithuania
This week Latvia reached an anti-record with its number of newly-uncovered Covid-19 infections and deaths. Vaccination efforts, meanwhile, continue. Those who do not…
Week in Lithuania: Film Runner bags top prize at Riga film festival, Lithuania opens embassy in South Korea
Last week, the top news in Lithuania were strong economic growth in 2021, the opening of an Embassy in South Korea and the…
Vaccinated Latvians who experience moderately severe Covid-19 complications may be eligible for compensation
On Friday, 29 October, Saeima’s Defence, Internal Affairs and Corruption Prevention Committee conceptually passed the proposal to pay compensation to residents vaccinated for…
Noord Natie Ventspils Terminal successfully operates in a crisis and continues attracting new clients
Universal freight terminal SIA Noord Natie Ventspils Terminal (NNVT) continues successfully operating under conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic. The company actively works with…
CSP reports internet stores had the biggest increase among retailers in September
Compared to September 2020, total retail trade turnover rose by 3.9 %in September 2021. Turnover of retail trade in food products declined by…
Riga Eastern Clinical University Hospital organizes patient admission in a garage and; mobile morgue solution employed as well
Due to to influx of Covid-19 patients Riga Eastern Clinical University Hospital has been forced to organize patient admission in its garage, which…
Pope Francis calls for radical decision at climate conference
The UN COP26 climate conference will begin in Scotland this weekend and will concern specific actions in the fight against global climate change….
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 2 758 in Latvia, 3 303 in Lithuania, 1 679 in Estonia
A total of 2 758 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 1 996 of the patients…
Facebook parent company rebranded to new name
The US parent company of the world’s largest social network has changed its name from Facebook, Inc. to Meta, Inc. The change is…
