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Latvia still searching for a Prosecutor General – strict criteria and clear requirements set
July 14, 2025
Is the retirement age of 70 suitable for Latvia? Welfare Minister explains
July 11, 2025
Illegal pesticide trade on the rise in Europe
July 10, 2025

Spraying crops with pesticides is becoming increasingly expensive, and Greek farmers have found an alternative – liquids in unmarked plastic bottles that are…

Latvia is not prepared for a Russian missile or drone strike, Pabriks warns
July 9, 2025
Health Minister: No noticeable improvements in healthcare for residents next year
July 7, 2025

Politics

Latvia’s Finance Minister makes statement on taxes – are changes still on the horizon?
July 15, 2025
BNN IN FOCUS | Is the state planning to sell off the “people’s wealth”? Stock market plans raise concerns
July 11, 2025
Kremlin: Peace talks have not stopped
July 10, 2025
Latvia’s budget picture still unclear – President and Prime Minister choose to remain silent for now
July 9, 2025
Musk announces the founding of a party
July 7, 2025
Borrell accuses EU institutions of inaction
July 4, 2025

Business

Rain and cool weather hamper rapeseed development in Latvia
By Ogres   July 11, 2025

The sowing of summer rapeseed has concluded across Latvia, but due to excessive moisture, not all planned areas were sown. However, the unsown…

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“The state must not trade its forests!” – Minister Krauze rejects possibility of selling shares in “Latvijas valsts meži”
By Ogres   July 10, 2025
Significant growth in Ventspils Port – oil product transshipment increases by 66.5%
By Ogres   July 10, 2025
Opinion | Venta Port – costly silence and a failure without accountability
By Ogres   July 8, 2025
Retail downturn in Latvia: decline both year-on-year and month-on-month
By Ogres   July 7, 2025

French PM seeks holiday cuts to patch up budget
Ogres July 16, 2025

French Prime Minister François Bayrou has proposed scrapping two public holidays as part of an austerity plan for the 2026 budget, saying it…

Thunderstorms and wind – weather to become more unsettled in the latter half of the week
Ogres July 16, 2025

On Wednesday, skies will be partly cloudy, and thunderclouds are expected to form in some areas. These will bring heavy downpours to parts…

Latvia plans to introduce gender quotas in company boards
Ogres July 15, 2025
Kallas calls for better humanitarian aid for Gaza
Ogres July 15, 2025
EU official Kubiļus urges Baltic States to build a drone wall and prepare for mass production
Ogres July 15, 2025

French PM seeks holiday cuts to patch up budget
July 16, 2025
Thunderstorms and wind – weather to become more unsettled in the latter half of the week
July 16, 2025
Latvia plans to introduce gender quotas in company boards
July 15, 2025
Kallas calls for better humanitarian aid for Gaza
July 15, 2025
EU official Kubiļus urges Baltic States to build a drone wall and prepare for mass production
July 15, 2025
Lithuania is considering a return to nuclear power
July 15, 2025

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Thunderstorms and wind – weather to become more unsettled in the latter half of the week
July 16, 2025
Latvia plans to introduce gender quotas in company boards
July 15, 2025
EU official Kubiļus urges Baltic States to build a drone wall and prepare for mass production
July 15, 2025

Lithuania and other countries in the region should create a “drone wall” and prepare for the mass production of unmanned aerial vehicles, following…

Hot weather alternates with rain: thunderstorms, fog, and hail possible in Latvia in the coming days
July 15, 2025
Price drops, interest – zero: another failed auction for the Moscow House
July 14, 2025

World

French PM seeks holiday cuts to patch up budget
Ogres July 16, 2025

French Prime Minister François Bayrou has proposed scrapping two public holidays as part of an austerity plan for the 2026 budget, saying it…

Kallas calls for better humanitarian aid for Gaza
Ogres July 15, 2025

EU governments want assurances that Israel is respecting the terms of the agreement, and EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said that…

Lithuania is considering a return to nuclear power
Ogres July 15, 2025
Trump: Putin has a bit of a problem
Ogres July 14, 2025
Synthetic opioid overdose cases on the rise in Estonia; main smuggling route – Latvia
Ogres July 14, 2025

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Lithuania’s second city continues court row around first LGBTQ+ pride

09.09.202109.09.2021 Ogres

A court in Lithuania has ordered Kaunas municipality to allow holding the first LGBTQ+ pride event in the city. The municipality has appealed…

Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 354 in Latvia, 819 in Lithuania, 346 in Estonia

09.09.2021 Ogres

A total of 354 new Covid-19 infection cases were found in Latvia in the last 24 hours. 282 of the patients were either…

Week in Lithuania: President calls for new EU migration policy, part of Vilnius Great Synagogue unearthed

09.09.2021 Ogres

Last week, the top news stories in Lithuania were the President calling for reviewed EU migration policy, the unearthing of the Vilnius Great…

For Japan’s Fukushima contaminated water, tunnel envisaged to release it in ocean

09.09.202109.09.2021 Ogres

In Japan, the energy company operating the damaged Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant has announced plans to build an underwater tunnel for releasing 1.27…

Opinion | On Gobzems’ manipulative methods. «You’re getting screwed»

09.09.2021 Ogres

«Uncovering lies, conspiracies and other made up stories requires a lot more effort and resources than coming up with them. Mass distributed lies…

Latvian company Dižozols Investments implements one of the biggest investment attraction projects in the Baltics

09.09.2021 Ogres

Latvian company Dižozols Investments has implemented one of the biggest investment attraction projects in the Baltic States. By using crowdfunding platform Crowdestor, the…

In Kabul, one more terror attack prevented, according to US

09.09.202109.09.2021 Ogres

In the Afghan capital Kabul, the US military has carried out a drone attack on a potential suicide bomber, preventing an airport bomb…

Estonia’s Kallas urges to use unvaccinated worker lay-off as last resort

09.09.2021 Ogres

As Estonian military, police and border guard have called on their employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19 by October or risk getting fired,…

Austrian ex-Vice-chancellor convicted of bribery

09.09.202109.09.2021 Ogres

A court in Vienna has found former Austrian Vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache guilty of bribery and corruption, British broadcaster BBC reports. Two years ago,…

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