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Is the retirement age of 70 suitable for Latvia? Welfare Minister explains
July 11, 2025
Illegal pesticide trade on the rise in Europe
July 10, 2025
Latvia is not prepared for a Russian missile or drone strike, Pabriks warns
July 9, 2025

Latvia’s air defense would not be able to protect the country from a large-scale Russian drone or missile attack, warned Artis Pabriks, head…

Health Minister: No noticeable improvements in healthcare for residents next year
July 7, 2025
Heads of Latvian municipalities come under Security Service scrutiny – clearance checks begin
July 4, 2025

Politics

BNN IN FOCUS | Is the state planning to sell off the “people’s wealth”? Stock market plans raise concerns
July 11, 2025
Kremlin: Peace talks have not stopped
July 10, 2025
Latvia’s budget picture still unclear – President and Prime Minister choose to remain silent for now
July 9, 2025
Musk announces the founding of a party
July 7, 2025
Borrell accuses EU institutions of inaction
July 4, 2025
Latvia’s Ministry of Finance plans major staff reductions
July 3, 2025

Business

Rain and cool weather hamper rapeseed development in Latvia
By Ogres   July 11, 2025

The sowing of summer rapeseed has concluded across Latvia, but due to excessive moisture, not all planned areas were sown. However, the unsown…

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“The state must not trade its forests!” – Minister Krauze rejects possibility of selling shares in “Latvijas valsts meži”
By Ogres   July 10, 2025
Significant growth in Ventspils Port – oil product transshipment increases by 66.5%
By Ogres   July 10, 2025
Opinion | Venta Port – costly silence and a failure without accountability
By Ogres   July 8, 2025
Retail downturn in Latvia: decline both year-on-year and month-on-month
By Ogres   July 7, 2025

“Rail Baltica” construction begins – first kilometers underway in Latvia
Ogres July 11, 2025

The implementation company of the “Rail Baltica” railway project in Latvia, SIA Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas (EDzL), and the mainline constructor ERB Rail have…

A drone crashed in Lithuania. What is known?
Ogres July 11, 2025

The drone that flew almost a kilometer into Lithuania from Belarusian territory caused concern and initially various versions were expressed – it was…

BNN IN FOCUS | Is the state planning to sell off the “people’s wealth”? Stock market plans raise concerns
Ogres July 11, 2025
Estonia considers controlled burning to improve the condition of forests
Ogres July 11, 2025
Is the retirement age of 70 suitable for Latvia? Welfare Minister explains
Ogres July 11, 2025

“Rail Baltica” construction begins – first kilometers underway in Latvia
July 11, 2025
A drone crashed in Lithuania. What is known?
July 11, 2025
BNN IN FOCUS | Is the state planning to sell off the “people’s wealth”? Stock market plans raise concerns
July 11, 2025
Estonia considers controlled burning to improve the condition of forests
July 11, 2025
Is the retirement age of 70 suitable for Latvia? Welfare Minister explains
July 11, 2025
Rain and cool weather hamper rapeseed development in Latvia
July 11, 2025

Social

“Rail Baltica” construction begins – first kilometers underway in Latvia
July 11, 2025
Estonia considers controlled burning to improve the condition of forests
July 11, 2025
Thunderstorms, hail, and gusty winds – Latvia issues warning for dangerous weather conditions
July 11, 2025

Rain is expected in many parts of the country overnight, with heavy showers in some regions and even very heavy rainfall expected in…

Latvian citizen killed in Lithuania shootout suspected of double murder in Riga’s Pļavnieki district
July 10, 2025
Association: Latvian residents are not wealthy enough to pay for OIK business schemes
July 10, 2025

World

A drone crashed in Lithuania. What is known?
Ogres July 11, 2025

The drone that flew almost a kilometer into Lithuania from Belarusian territory caused concern and initially various versions were expressed – it was…

EU ministers searches for forever chemicals in their blood
Ogres July 11, 2025

European environment ministers have taken blood tests to look for the forever chemicals in a public campaign, shedding light on the worrying presence…

Italy: Companies with ties to Russia should be excluded from rebuilding of Ukraine
Ogres July 11, 2025
Estonia expells another Russian citizen
Ogres July 10, 2025
Chatbot’s antisemitic remarks prompt EU to consider tougher rules
Ogres July 10, 2025

Latest Posts

Latvian State Police to rotate two more top officials in their posts

28.12.2021 Ogres

Next year Latvian State Police has plans to rotate two more top ranking police officials. Until now the post of deputy chief of…

Estonian government to decide on building new power stations in energy crisis

28.12.202128.12.2021 Ogres

Amid soaring power prices in the region, the Estonian government will look into a plan by the Estonian Ministry of Economy and Communication…

Nearly a quarter of residents in Latvia at risk of poverty

28.12.202128.12.2021 Ogres

439 thousand persons or 23.4 % of the population of Latvia were at risk of poverty in 2020 – 1.8 percentage points more…

Latvian police come across 168 kg of suspicious white powder substance in banana crates

27.12.2021 Ogres

A day before Christmas Latvian State Police received a call from a security service of an undisclosed retail network. Security reported having found…

Pope Francis: World losing compassion, looks silently at war, tragedies

27.12.2021 Ogres

Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church has evaluated that the world shows less compassion to immense human tragedies in wars and different…

Italy facing presidential election with PM Draghi likely successor to Mattarella

27.12.202114.06.2022 Ogres

Italy is nearing its presidential election and prime minister Mario Draghi is a likely successor to incumbent Sergio Mattarella. «Super Mario» resigning could…

Latvian mobile communications operators pay a pretty penny for 5G frequency rights

27.12.2021 Ogres

Three Latvian mobile network operators will pay EUR 13.273 million for the rights to use 700 MHz frequency range for their respective 5G…

Opinion | Latvian ex-prime minister’s empire and penalty

27.12.2021 Ogres

Early bird gets the worm and the smartest and most cunning got to the privatisation process in Latvia. Then the advisor to the…

Latvian SD Autocentrs to be fined for involvement in Volkswagen trader cartel

27.12.202127.12.2021 Ogres

On 13 December 2021 the Senate of the Supreme Court of Justice in Latvia refused to commence cassation proceedings in relation to the…

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