Week in Lithuania: Parliament board rejects proposal to check MPs’ sobriety; defence spending to go up by 148 million euros
Last week, ex–president Adamkus contracted coronavirus, 1 248 new COVID-19 cases, one death over Wednesday, 28 September. Lithuanian Railways sees increase in Ukrainian…
Rezekne shows highest turnout among Latvia’s biggest cities in 14th Saeima elections
According to data from the Central Election Commission (CVK), activity in 14th Saeima elections has been the highest in Rezekne, whereas voters in…
Corruption watchdog to look into 83 reports of possible political promotion violations
Latvia’s Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) has commenced 83 examinations of possible political promotion violations, as confirmed by the bureau. KNAB has…
Disruptions with electronic online voter register experienced during 14th Saeima elections
This morning, 1 October, Latvia’s Central Election Commission (CVK) reported disruptions with the electronic online voter register. Officials explain the situation with tight…
Voting activity in first hour of 14th Saeima elections the highest in Latgale
Voters in Latgale turned out the most active in the first hour of 14th Saeima elections on 1 October, whereas the lowest activity…
Russians of Lithuanian origin flee Kaliningrad for fear of mobilisation
Alexander Khoroshavtsev fled Kaliningrad together with his brother who has a Lithuanian passport, as soon as they heard the announcement about partial mobilsation,…
Klaipeda LNG terminal to provide Latvenergo up to 6 TWh of annual power
Latvian energy company Latvenergo JSC has acquired rights to use annual power output of 6 TWh from Klaipeda liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal…
NATO StratCom chief: I cannot promise Latvia a peaceful and predictable future
Under current conditions, when a war goes on in Latvia’s neighbouring country, climate change continues and there are other global crisis keep appearing,…
August’s unemployment in Latvia reported higher than average in the EU
The level of unemployment in Latvia was 6.5% in August, and was higher than the average in the European Union and lower than…
