Week in Lithuania: Pažaislis Monastery wins European reward, Lithuania U-turns on mandatory vaccination for some professions
Last week, the the top news in Lithuania were Pažaislis monastery being awarded a prestigious European reward, Lithuania rejecting mandatory vaccination for some…
Baltic, Polish defence and foreign ministers meet during Russian-Belarusian military drills
Baltic and Polish foreign and defence ministers met on their first joint meeting in Riga on Monday, September 13. On the background of…
Estonia proposes lifting restrictions on «vaccinated island»
In Estonia, a suggestion has been voiced by the Prime Minister Kaja Kallas to lift epidemiological restrictions in one of the country’s 15…
VK: people are easily swayed by disinformation about Covid-19 because they distrust state administration
The reason why some people in Latvia are easily swayed by disinformation about Covid-19 is the low level of of trust for the…
Thinking about people left in Afghanistan, US soldier ties ribbons around trees
A yellow ribbon around neighbourhood trees – that is the way a US war veteran has chosen to commemorate Americans and others left…
Battling money laundering, Latvian police arrest assets worth more than a billion euros this year
This year, Latvian State Police have arrested assets worth EUR 1.4 billion in efforts battling money laundering. Approximately EUR 47 million was declared…
Only valid Covid-19 certificates for prison guards in Latvia
From 11 October onward, only persons with a valid Covid-19 will be allowed to stay within prison territory, as decided by Latvian Prison…
Latvia’s weekly school testing to be organised more seldom
In the second week of the mass Covid-19 testing of pupils in Latvian schools, the government has decided to make the procedure less…
Proposal to ban sanctioned former MPs from entering Saeima gains support
In the Latvian Saeima, the majority of its Legal Commission has conceptually backed the proposal by the New Conservative Party to ban former…
