Riga hopes for state support to reduce heating cost pressure on residents
Riga’s residents should expect their heating bills to double in the next heating season, said JSC Rīgas Siltums (RS) board member Birute Krūze…
Latvian Saeima refuses to give municipalities right to fully restrict gambling
Latvian parliament’s Public Administration and Local Government Committee decided to not support the proposal for giving municipalities the right to fully restrict gambling…
Day 97 of war in Ukraine: Russia reaches centre of Severodonetsk, Zelenskyy reveals Ukraine’s daily troop death toll, US to send HIMARS artillery
On Wednesday, June 1, Russian forces continued their advance into Severodonetsk to take the last major Ukrainian-controlled city in the Luhansk Region. Ukrainian…
CSP reports population decline in Latvia
At the beginning of 2022 population of Latvia accounted for 1 million 876 thousand people, which is 17.5 thousand people fewer than a…
Latvian state allocates financing for joint Latvian-Ukrainian camps for children
The government in Latvia decided to support the proposal from the Ministry of Education and Science to organise summer camps and provide psycho-emotional…
RNP predicts the doubling of public utility bills in Latvia in the next heating season
Public utility bills in Latvia may double in the next heating season, said LLC Rīgas Namu pārvaldnieks (RNP) chairman Ronalds Neimanis in an…
Ombudsman: it’s wrong to make decisions without asking children
When making decisions, we have to listen to what children want, stressed Latvian Ombudsman Juris Jansons in an interview to TV3 programme 900…
Economists say Latvia’s economy may become worse
In the second half of the year Latvia’s economy may become worse, and the coming years are promised to be challenging, according to…
Latvia may receive up to EUR 200 million of support to enhance energy independence
To enhance energy independence in Latvia, the country may receive 100 – 200 million euros from European Union’s new RePowerEU fund. The option…
