6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (296+ words) The Ministry of Transport has no information about Latvian ports refusing to accept domestic grain, the ministry told BNN. The government also decided that ports and state-owned Latvijas dzelzceļš must ensure priority access for the transportation of products from Latvian…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (203+ words) A signature collection campaign has been launched on the public initiative platform ManaBalss.lv to reduce the number of members of the Saeima from 100 to 70. Among the benefits of reducing the number of MPs, potentially less fragmentation and easier coalition-building,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (575+ words) The Kariņš effect, or the government that dismissed itself The Kariņš cabinet also had undeniable achievements. One of the most significant was the introduction of the State Defence Service at a time when Russia’s war against Ukraine had made the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (780+ words) Latvia’s national airline airBaltic will offer 57 direct routes from Riga throughout the next summer season, nearly 20% fewer than during this year’s summer season. At the same time, the airline will increase flight frequencies on 12 of its most popular routes, according…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (132+ words) On Tuesday, the government authorised the Ministry of the Interior to expropriate around ten small plots of land for the development of infrastructure along the Latvia–Belarus border. All of the properties are located in Krāslava and Augšdaugava municipalities. None…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (368+ words) After a weekend storm left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in Lithuania as well, traders have reported a sharp increase in demand for generators and other emergency goods. Some traders said that sales of generators had increased by…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (282+ words) Latvian volunteer soldier Vitālijs Šampiņš, whose call sign was “Vilks” (“Wolf”), has been killed on the Kharkiv front in Ukraine, Latvian Television reported on social media. This makes him the fourth Latvian volunteer to have lost his life since Russia…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (184+ words) Three days after the storm, around eleven thousand customers in Latvia are still experiencing power outages, according to Sadales tīkls. The most significant power disruptions on Wednesday morning remain in Aizkraukle, Preiļi, Jēkabpils and Rēzekne municipalities. “There may be situations…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (342+ words) The most significant damage caused by the storm in Latvia’s state forests could take four months to clear, provided weather conditions do not deteriorate, according to Latvijas valsts meži (LVM). According to preliminary estimates, the volume of trees damaged in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (317+ words) Latvia may very likely have to seek financial assistance from the European Commission to cover the costs caused by the storm, Smart Administration and Regional Development Minister Edgars Tavars (AS) said in an interview with Latvijas Radio. Asked how much…...