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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
235 same-sex partnerships registered in Latvia within a year
July 1, 2025

In the year since Latvia introduced the Partnership Institute, 235 same-sex partnerships have been officially registered, according to the Latvian Council of Sworn…

How much does the governor of the Bank of Latvia earn? Kazāks’ latest declaration reveals the figures
June 30, 2025
The Ministry of Economics in austerity mode: plans to eliminate 40 positions and save millions
June 30, 2025

Politics

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
Macron speaks with Putin; stresses support for Ukraine
July 2, 2025
Latvian Prime minister seeks further budget cuts but hesitates to reduce party funding
July 2, 2025

Business

Opinion | Venta Port – costly silence and a failure without accountability
By Ogres   July 8, 2025

Opinion article One of the perhaps least meaningful projects of the Ministry of Transport is coming to an end – Venta Port is…

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Retail downturn in Latvia: decline both year-on-year and month-on-month
By Ogres   July 7, 2025
Latvia offers “airBaltic” shares to Estonia and Lithuania on equal terms with Lufthansa
By Ogres   July 3, 2025
Hotel Planned Across from Ādaži Military Base in Kadaga
By Ogres   July 3, 2025
Electric scooter owners now need OCTA: how will this affect other vehicle owners?
By Ogres   July 2, 2025

Initiative to reduce VAT on food gains broad support in Estonia
Ogres July 9, 2025

More than 50,000 citizens have already signed a public initiative calling for a reduction in value-added tax on food products to 10 percent,…

Latvia’s budget picture still unclear – President and Prime Minister choose to remain silent for now
Ogres July 9, 2025

President Edgars Rinkēvičs and Prime Minister Evika Siliņa (New Unity) have agreed not to comment on the state budget drafting process until mid-August,…

Chatbot from Musk’s company spreads antisemitic messages
Ogres July 9, 2025
Rinkēvičs marks two years as President of Latvia – what has been achieved?
Ogres July 9, 2025
Finland and Lithuania to jointly produce anti-personnel mines
Ogres July 9, 2025

Initiative to reduce VAT on food gains broad support in Estonia
July 9, 2025
Latvia’s budget picture still unclear – President and Prime Minister choose to remain silent for now
July 9, 2025
Chatbot from Musk’s company spreads antisemitic messages
July 9, 2025
Rinkēvičs marks two years as President of Latvia – what has been achieved?
July 9, 2025
Finland and Lithuania to jointly produce anti-personnel mines
July 9, 2025
Stock exchange listing – opportunity or threat? Latvian Prime Minister calls for open debate
July 9, 2025

Social

Initiative to reduce VAT on food gains broad support in Estonia
July 9, 2025
Rinkēvičs marks two years as President of Latvia – what has been achieved?
July 9, 2025
Stock exchange listing – opportunity or threat? Latvian Prime Minister calls for open debate
July 9, 2025

A public discussion on the potential listing of state-owned enterprises on the stock exchange is necessary, Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa (New Unity)…

Food prices rise in Latvia – June brings increases in housing and fuel costs as well
July 8, 2025
Rail Baltica – Estonia builds faster and cheaper; Latvia pays more and delays. Why?
July 8, 2025

World

Chatbot from Musk’s company spreads antisemitic messages
Ogres July 9, 2025

US tech billionaire Elon Musk’s startup xAI has said it is working to remove antisemitic posts posted by its chatbot Grok, the BBC…

Finland and Lithuania to jointly produce anti-personnel mines
Ogres July 9, 2025

Representatives of the two NATO member states told Reuters that they plan to start cooperation next year on the production of anti-personnel mines…

Eight injured in Pamplona’s bull running
Ogres July 8, 2025
Trump promises more weapons to Ukraine
Ogres July 8, 2025
Alleged Estonian human trafficker detained on Lithuanian-Polish border
Ogres July 8, 2025

Latest Posts

Latvian government proposes giving seniors gift cards for getting booster shots

14.12.2021 Ogres

Residents aged 60 or older may be provided with EUR 50 gift cards to pharmacies for getting Covid-19 vaccine booster shots, according to…

Denmark’s former immigration minister sentenced to prison over illegal decision

13.12.202113.12.2021 Ogres

A court in Denmark has found the Nordic country’s ex- Minister for Immigration and Integration guilty of issuing an illegal order to separate…

Latvian police urge residents to not gather at «events» organized by Aldis Gobzems

13.12.2021 Ogres

Chief of Latvian State Police Armands Ruks has turned to the organiser of Rododendrs event Aldis Gobzems and other people from different activist…

Minister: migrants no longer stay long near the Latvian border

13.12.2021 Ogres

Since autumn 2021 migrants no longer stay for a long time on the Latvian-Belarusian border, as reported by Latvian Minister of the Interior…

Latvia to commence vaccination of children for Covid-19 soon

13.12.2021 Ogres

Latvia has received the first shipment of Comirnaty vaccines (Pfizer/BioNTech) intended for children, as confirmed by Minister of Health Daniels Pavļuts on Twitter….

Malta planning to become first in EU to legalise marijuana

13.12.202113.12.2021 Ogres

The parliament of Malta is expected to legalise marijuana this week. It would make the Mediterranean island country the first in the EU…

Russian citizen among the accused in criminal case involving Saeima deputy

13.12.2021 Ogres

A Russian citizen is among the accused in the criminal case involving Saeima deputy Jānis Ādamsons, who is accused of espionage. A criminal…

Booster shot recipients in Latvia and vaccination rates in Baltic States

13.12.2021 Ogres

Last week Covid-19 vaccination rates in Latvia were similar to the two previous weeks, but slower when compared to the end of October…

Danish and British ships collide in Baltic Sea

13.12.202113.12.2021 Ogres

In the Baltic Sea, to the south from Sweden, two cargo ships have collided. A Danish ship has turned over apparently after hitting…

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