Video: Indian capital’s massive landfill on fire
As the South Asia region experiences a heat wave, a large waste landfill has caught fire near the Indian capital New Delhi, British…
Baltic PMs: surplus of Covid-19 vaccines creates new challenges
On Friday, 29 April, Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė sent a joint…
Day 65 of war in Ukraine: Rescue effort after Kyiv attacks, OSCE ends Ukraine mission, US to streamline support Ukraine
On Friday, April 28, rescuers in Kyiv continued to dig through rubble left by missile attacks on Kyiv that injured at least ten…
EU’s single currency drops in value against dollar
This week, the valued of the euro fell below 1.06 US dollars for the first time in five years, British news portal The…
Online shopping in e-shops outside the EU rapidly losing popularity
Ordering goods from countries outside the European Union is rapidly losing popularity among residents. AliExpress, which is one of the world’s most popular…
Water supply and sewer tariffs to climb 22.4% in Riga in June
From 1 June onward the general water supply and sewer tariff in Riga will increase 22.4%, reaching 2.35 EUR/m3 instead of the current…
Russia preparing «referendums» to annex Ukraine’s Donbas
Russia plans to hold «referendums» in the parts of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions in Ukraine occupied by the Kremlin. The two self-proclaimed,…
Latvian MEP: I find the monument in Victory Park unacceptable
«I can say with ‘owner’s’ rights that the presence of a monument dedicated to the Soviet army in the centre of Riga, Victory…
Economists: year 2022 will be difficult in spite of rapid GDP growth
The growth of Latvia’s gross domestic product (GDP) turned out unexpectedly strong in Q1 2022. GDP growth will be much lower in Q2,…
