This week in Latvia – from warmth to frost
April 22, 2025
Initiative! Light a heart-shaped lamp as thanks to medical workers
Now is the perfect time for residents to express gratitude to medical workers and everyone else doing what they can to stifle the…
BNN ANALYSES | Workforce depletion grips Lithuania, while job available to every second jobseeker
Linas Jegelevičius for the BNN Hiring has perhaps never been harder for Lithuanian employers as it is now. Raising wages isn’t enough to…
Moscow closes non-essential shops and services
In Moscow and a number of Russian regions a 10-day non-working period has been imposed. The current wave of Covid-19 has resulted in…
Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 2 919 confirmed infections and 64 deaths in Latvia
A total of 2 919 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 2 066 of the patients…
Latvian corruption watchdog chief says Covid-19 has not affected corruption levels
The pandemic has not affected the level of corruption in Latvia all that much, said chief of Corruption Prevention Combating Bureau (KNAB) Jēkabs…
Lithuania remembers Holocaust victims on 80th anniversary of Kaunas mass murder
During the Second World War, the largest mass murder of Lithuanian Jews took place on October 29, 1941. The crime organised by the…
Ombudsman: Latvia can impose a compulsory vaccination policy
Every day residents ask the ombudsman many questions related to compulsory Covid-19 vaccination. Residents ask the ombudsman to explain just how legally justified…
Latvian PM admits tension between healthcare sector and the minister; dismissal a no go for now
The tension between the healthcare sector and Minister of Health Daniels Pavļuts is critical, said Latvia’s Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš after a meeting…
Minister: it is important for each NATO member state to allot at least 2% of their GDP towards their defence budgets
It is important for every NATO member state to increase their defence budgets to at least 2% of GDP, said Latvia’s Minister of…
