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Influenza incidence in Latvia approaches epidemic threshold
December 4, 2025
Fog and light precipitation will continue, but the weekend will bring wetter and warmer weather
December 3, 2025
airBaltic rating downgraded: Fitch warns of weak financial flexibility and uncertain IPO timeline
December 2, 2025

The international credit rating agency Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) has downgraded the long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of Latvia’s national airline airBaltic from “B–”/negative…

Don’t fall for It! These schemes are used by scammers who extracted nearly half a million euros in one week
December 1, 2025
Hydrogen fuel in Estonia: cars are available, suitable fueling station waits for permit
November 28, 2025

Politics

Record defence funding for Latvia: Armed Forces receive the largest budget in history
December 5, 2025
Latvian Parliament approves budget changes – what will change for residents in 2026?
December 4, 2025
“We won’t give in to blackmail” — JV leader comments on coalition crisis and budget vote
December 1, 2025
Latvia closes its remaining routes to Russia and Belarus: government order in the works
November 27, 2025
Secret deadlines and rising costs: Transport Ministry explains the Rail Baltica chaos
November 26, 2025
ZZS convenes an extraordinary board meeting “on the political situation in Latvia”
November 21, 2025

Business

“Rīgas karte” has long been a source of scandals and excessive costs — liquidation proposed, Kleinbergs says
By Ogres   December 4, 2025

The Riga City Council’s Finance and Administration Affairs Committee will on Thursday decide on terminating the operations of SIA Rīgas karte, the municipality…

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Ventspils Freeport begins electrification of ferry berth – the project will cost more than 4 million euros
By Ogres   December 3, 2025
Opinion: Latvia’s oil product reserves — can we really be sure they are safe?
By Ogres   November 13, 2025
Fuel prices rise again in the Baltics
By Ogres   November 8, 2025
Maxima Latvija has long engaged in unfair practices against suppliers, Competition Council finds
By Ogres   November 6, 2025

Invasive slugs threaten gardens in Lithuania too
Ogres December 5, 2025

Invasive slug species in Lithuania are causing serious damage to crops, gardens and public green spaces, and despite the use of plant protection…

Woman detained in Latvia for allegedly transferring funds to the Russian army
Ogres December 5, 2025

The State Security Service (VDD) has detained a woman on suspicion of responding to a call to provide financial resources to the Russian…

Record defence funding for Latvia: Armed Forces receive the largest budget in history
Ogres December 5, 2025
Latvia: Saeima adopts 2026 state budget – expenditures 17.9 billion euros, deficit 3.3%
Ogres December 5, 2025
Tallinn Airport to undergo 75 million euros expansion
Ogres December 4, 2025

Invasive slugs threaten gardens in Lithuania too
December 5, 2025
Woman detained in Latvia for allegedly transferring funds to the Russian army
December 5, 2025
Record defence funding for Latvia: Armed Forces receive the largest budget in history
December 5, 2025
Latvia: Saeima adopts 2026 state budget – expenditures 17.9 billion euros, deficit 3.3%
December 5, 2025
Tallinn Airport to undergo 75 million euros expansion
December 4, 2025
Finnair cancels evening flight to Vilnius due to regular airport closure
December 4, 2025

Social

Woman detained in Latvia for allegedly transferring funds to the Russian army
December 5, 2025
Latvia: Saeima adopts 2026 state budget – expenditures 17.9 billion euros, deficit 3.3%
December 5, 2025
Latvia’s Central Bank warns of weak export performance – what it means for all of us
December 4, 2025

Latvia’s current account deficit in the balance of payments reached 1.098 billion euros in the first nine months of this year, equal to…

BNN IN FOCUS | Why removing railway tracks in peacetime could bring Latvia more losses than benefits
December 4, 2025
Fog, wet snow and rain: gloomy weather will continue throughout the week and weekend
December 4, 2025

World

Invasive slugs threaten gardens in Lithuania too
Ogres December 5, 2025

Invasive slug species in Lithuania are causing serious damage to crops, gardens and public green spaces, and despite the use of plant protection…

Tallinn Airport to undergo 75 million euros expansion
Ogres December 4, 2025

The largest investment to date in the development of Tallinn Airport, including self-service terminals and larger parking, is expected to double passenger numbers…

Finnair cancels evening flight to Vilnius due to regular airport closure
Ogres December 4, 2025
Australia’s ban for children to use social networks starts to work
Ogres December 4, 2025
Downing Street: Chinese embassy mega-complex could offer security advantages
Ogres December 3, 2025

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Minister: Russia unjustifiably expels three Latvian diplomats from Moscow

30.03.2022 Ogres

Russia has unjustifiably expelled three Latvian diplomats from the embassy in Moscow, wrote Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkēvičs on Twitter. On…

Covid-19 in Baltic States. 2 897 in Latvia 2 823 in Lithuania, 1 451 in Estonia

29.03.2022 Ogres

A total of 2 897 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 19 people have died, of…

British government officials fined for lockdown parties

29.03.2022 Ogres

Police in London has found violations of Covid-19 restrictions in a number of festive events with British government officials and announced fines for…

Baltic NATO air policing unit active in patrolling and intercepting Russian planes

29.03.2022 Ogres

The Baltic air policing unit of NATO member states based in Lithuania is active in patrolling the borders of the Baltic states and…

Estonians embarked on foreign travel again in 2021

29.03.202229.03.2022 Ogres

In a sign of Baltic travel recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic and its restrictions, Estonians made 575 000 international trips in 2021, which…

Latvian parliament to ban all events near Soviet army monuments

29.03.2022 Ogres

On Tuesday, 29 March, Latvian Saeima’s Human Rights and Public Affairs Committee passed for the final reading proposals developed by Artuss Kaimiņš and…

Daugavpils Locomotive Repair Plant to terminate 240 employees

29.03.2022 Ogres

On Monday, 28 March, JSC Daugavpils Locomotive Repair Plant (DLRR) and its subsidiaries LLC LokRem, LLC DL Metal and LLC Logkom sent a…

BNN ANALYSES | What is Russia doing in Latvia’s boxing world?

29.03.2022 Ogres

Latvian Professional Boxing Federation carries Latvia’s name into the wide world, but this organisation’s name is not found in Latvian Sports Federations Council…

Latvian minister: Ukraine is not ready for peace «at any cost»

29.03.2022 Ogres

Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkēvičs. Photo: Edijs Pālens/LETA Ukraine is not ready for peace «at any cost», said Latvian Minister of…

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