Estonians flock to covid vaccine side-effect compensation
Estonia has launched a programme for compensating possible serious side-effects from a Covid-19 vaccine. Since opening applications on May 1, 241 person has…
BNN ANALYSES | Record-high inflation for the second consecutive month keeps Lithuanians jittery
Linas Jegelevičius for the BNN After Lithuania grabbed last month the international spotlight for being an EU member state with the highest inflation…
On the path to bigger income in the future – news in Latvia’s Pension Law
Too often than not residents in Latvia do not follow their pension, because in most cases the word pension is something they associate…
Industrial production output in Latvia up 6.3%
Compared to March 2021, industrial production output rose by 6.3 % in March 2022, according to calendar adjusted data at constant prices. Output…
Day 71 of war in Ukraine: Artillery attack on Kramatorsk, Russia breaks into Azovstal, Mariupol theatre victims estimated at 600
On Thursday, May 5, in Ukraine, artillery shelling hit Kramatorsk near the Donbas frontline. Russian troops have broken into the Mariupol besieged Azovstal…
Swedbank warns: special low interest rate era will not last forever
In the last several months residents in Latvia have had to face a significant price increases – heating, electricity, food, fuel are some…
This year Latvia to remember the victims of war in Ukraine on 9 May
9 May 2022 in Latvia is declared a day of remembrance of victims of Russian-Ukrainian war. On this day Latvia’s flag in mourning…
Latvian government plans to lift mask requirement for public transports
Latvian Ministry of Transport has developed amendments to the Epidemiological Safety Measures for the Containment of the Spread of COVID-19 Infection. The proposed…
INTERVIEW | Grigorjevs: Russia behaves like a village drunk light in the head
Literary scholar and journalist Aleksejs Grigorjevs has earned the right to be called a man in the know about Russia and Russian people….
