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Weather forecast: Rain and thunder at first, then cooler nights
September 15, 2025
Autumn cyclone approaching: rain showers, fog and cooler air
September 12, 2025
Experts explain how it is possible to be removed from sanctions lists — and whether it could apply to Pjotrs Avens
September 11, 2025

By Ilona Bērziņa EU member states must decide by the 15th of September whether to extend existing sanctions. However, discussions are expected in…

Latvian Armed Forces to propose temporarily closing airspace in Eastern border area
September 11, 2025
Rinkēvičs: Russian drone attack on Poland also affects Latvia
September 10, 2025

Politics

Europe to restrict visas for Russian citizens
September 15, 2025
Norway election: Labour party keeps positions
September 9, 2025
Deputies demand answers from Braže on her past – Why are facts missing from her biography?
September 8, 2025
Orbán’s beloved Brussels think tank receives millions of euros from Budapest
September 5, 2025
Time to vote in Norway; a lot depends on geopolitical anxiety
September 5, 2025
Will Latvia again agree to remove Putin’s close associates from the sanctions list?
September 4, 2025

Business

Analysts predict a drop in oil prices this fall
By Ogres   September 12, 2025

Various analysts believe that September will bring several factors that will lower crude oil prices on the world market. Although at the end…

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Caught and fined: Competition council uncovers construction cartel and imposes half-million euro penalty
By Ogres   September 11, 2025
Ventspils entrepreneurs ready to take part in rebuilding Ukraine’s ports and railways
By Ogres   September 9, 2025
Head of “Rīgas Siltums” dismissed – board blames inaction during tariff hike
By Ogres   September 4, 2025
Will ferry traffic return to Riga? Tallink sets out conditions
By Ogres   September 2, 2025

Europe to restrict visas for Russian citizens
Ogres September 15, 2025

After years of pressure from the bloc’s countries that share a border with Russia, the European Union is preparing to take a tougher…

No amendments to Estonian Criminal Code; Interior Minister changes position
Ogres September 15, 2025

Less than a week after the ministry vehemently defended a plan to amend the Criminal Code and impose penalties for viewing terrorist propaganda,…

Weather forecast: Rain and thunder at first, then cooler nights
Ogres September 15, 2025
BNN IN FOCUS | On public officials’ pay, the bar of responsibility, and whether one can sit on two chairs at once
Ogres September 12, 2025
EU Court deems wood burning for energy sustainable
Ogres September 12, 2025

Europe to restrict visas for Russian citizens
September 15, 2025
No amendments to Estonian Criminal Code; Interior Minister changes position
September 15, 2025
Weather forecast: Rain and thunder at first, then cooler nights
September 15, 2025
BNN IN FOCUS | On public officials’ pay, the bar of responsibility, and whether one can sit on two chairs at once
September 12, 2025
EU Court deems wood burning for energy sustainable
September 12, 2025
Russia begins military exercises; Lithuania prepares for provocations
September 12, 2025

Social

BNN IN FOCUS | On public officials’ pay, the bar of responsibility, and whether one can sit on two chairs at once
September 12, 2025
Russia begins military exercises; Lithuania prepares for provocations
September 12, 2025
Belarus releases 52 political prisoners, including Latvian citizens
September 12, 2025

Belarus has released 52 political prisoners, among them two Latvian citizens, and all of those freed have been handed over to Lithuania, Lithuanian…

Baltic States urge the US not to leave the region without security support
September 11, 2025
Latvian Government talks about austerity, yet nine deputy state secretaries received truly enviable sums last year
September 11, 2025

World

No amendments to Estonian Criminal Code; Interior Minister changes position
Ogres September 15, 2025

Less than a week after the ministry vehemently defended a plan to amend the Criminal Code and impose penalties for viewing terrorist propaganda,…

EU Court deems wood burning for energy sustainable
Ogres September 12, 2025

The European Union’s court has ruled that burning wood for energy and making plastics from organic materials are green activities under EU law,…

NATO strengthens defenses on eastern flank
Ogres September 12, 2025
Conspiracy theories abound over conservative influencer Kirk’s murder
Ogres September 12, 2025
Estonia plans to introduce penalties for spreading terrorist propaganda
Ogres September 11, 2025

Latest Posts

Latvia has plans to put together a National Cyber Security Centre

06.01.2022 Ogres

By summer 2022 it is planned to put together a National Cyber Security Centre under the wing of the Ministry of Defence in…

Estonia: Geopolitical tensions require introducing defence education in school

06.01.202206.01.2022 Ogres

Estonian Defence Minister Kalle Laanet has noted that the current security situation in the region requires introducing defence education in Estonian schools and…

Chairman of Jelgava municipal council resigns after period of instability

06.01.202206.01.2022 Ogres

On Wednesday, 5 January, chairman of Jelgava municipal council Ziedonis Caune, who previously announced his resignation, was dismissed from his post. He did…

Latvian authorities have plans to send excess refugees from Mucenieki centre to Aluksne

05.01.2022 Ogres

The former boarding school building in Aluksne municipality’s Liepna Parish will be made into an asylum seeker accommodation centre, as reported by Latvian…

South African research points to reduced hospitalisations with Omicron, compared to Delta

05.01.202205.01.2022 Ogres

Results of a study by South African scientists indicated that people infected with the Omicron variant of the virus SARS-CoV-2 are less likely…

Media: does the management get bigger wages if there is less freight?

05.01.2022 Ogres

Looking at annual accounts published by state joint-stock company Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz), there are certain positions that have increased an in which the…

Electricity prices hit new records in Latvia in December

05.01.2022 Ogres

In December 2021 there were multiple electricity price records observed in Latvia: the average price in the country’s trade region reached 207.40 EUR/MWh,…

French President criticised for seeking to pressure unvaccinated population

05.01.2022 Ogres

French President Emmanuel Marcon has attracted criticism of planned epidemiological restrictions against the unvaccinated population of this country, by saying he wants to…

Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 1 835 in Latvia, 2 963 in Lithuania, 1 491 in Estonia

05.01.2022 Ogres

A total of 1 835 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 695 of the patients were…

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