Food Union restarts exports of products to Ukraine
Latvian dairy products producer Food Union reports that in 2022 the concern started selling the iconic cottage cheese snacks Kārums in Norway. On…
Microsoft investigates causes of Teams and Outlook outage
Microsoft informed that it is looking for the reasons for the outages that affected several of its programs, including communication apps, writes Reuters….
Public transport sector must be scrubbed of all corruption, PM promises
Corruption is still found in public transport services, which needs to be scrubbed completely, said Latvia’s Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš in an interview…
Latvian State Security Service to check possible restriction of Ukraine’s supporters on Facebook
Latvia’s State Security Service (VDD) reports having commenced a check of Latvian citizens’ possible involvement in activities aimed at restricting supporters of Ukraine…
Germany and US ready to send tanks to Ukraine
Germany and the United States are ready to take an important step by supplying tanks to Ukraine, which it has been asking for,…
Latvia downgrades diplomatic representation level in Russia; to recall ambassador
Latvia has decided to downgrade diplomatic representation in Russia. Latvia’s ambassador to Russia Māris Riekstiņš is ordered to leave the country by the…
Banks downgrade Latvia’s GDP growth outlook for 2023
SEB Bank has published the latest Nordic Outlook. It indicates that commercial banks have downgraded Latvia’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate forecast…
TELF AG demands retraction of defamatory statements based on fake news
Fake news has appeared in some of Latvian media that accuses Swiss company TELF AG of non-existent illegalities. The defamatory statements contained very…
Latvia’s budget deficit in Q3 below average in European Union
In Q3 2022 Latvia’s general government budget deficit in proportion to the gross domestic product (GDP) was below the average in the European…
