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BNN INTERVIEW | Ainārs Šlesers on future plans: Riga’s mayor, prime minister and radical changes in Latvia.
03/02/2025

BNN INTERVIEW | Ainārs Šlesers on future plans: Riga’s mayor, prime minister and radical changes in Latvia.

Author: Ilona Bērziņa Ainārs Šlesers has no doubts he will become the next Mayor of Riga in municipal elections this summer. He also has no doubts about his party’s future success in the 15th Saeima elections in autumn 2026, adding that he is prepared to take the reins as Latvia’s Prime Mini...

Greek authorities on alert as earthquakes rattle Santorini island.
03/02/2025

Greek authorities on alert as earthquakes rattle Santorini island.

On the Greek island Santorini, school closures were announced on Monday the 3rd of February due to an earthquake tremor of up to 4.9 magnitude that was registered north-east of the island. In response to the increase in seismic activity in recent days, which saw magnitude 4.3 and 3.9 earthquakes, th...

State Security Service confused why Latvian residents travel to Russia so often.
03/02/2025

State Security Service confused why Latvian residents travel to Russia so often.

Despite the frequent calls from Latvian authorities to dissuade residents from travelling to Russia, the number of visits to the aggressor state had doubled in 2024 when compared to the year prior, as concluded in the annual report from the State Security Service (VDD). The service stresses that peo...

Trump: EU commits “atrocities” on trade.
03/02/2025

Trump: EU commits “atrocities” on trade.

US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday, the 2nd of February, that he will “absolutely” impose tariffs on goods from the European Union (EU), describing the bloc’s action as an “atrocity”, reports Politico. Asked whether he planned to impose tariffs on goods from the UK, Trump attack...

Trump says Americans may feel “pain” in trade war with Mexico, Canada and China.
03/02/2025

Trump says Americans may feel “pain” in trade war with Mexico, Canada and China.

President Donald Trump said on Sunday, the 2nd of February, that the tariffs he has imposed on Mexico, Canada and China, which come into force on Tuesday, could cause “short-term pain” for Americans, while global markets reflected concerns that they could undermine growth and reignite inflation,...

Week in Lithuania | President Nausėda sees no prospect for ruling coalition with Nemunas Dawn; second 700MW offshore win...
03/02/2025

Week in Lithuania | President Nausėda sees no prospect for ruling coalition with Nemunas Dawn; second 700MW offshore wind farm tender halted.

Last week, the VSD boss vowed to uncover Russian sanction circumvention schemes; finance vice-minister resigned amid pro-Russia allegations WTO re-suspends case against China’s trade restrictions on Lithuania Following a request from the European Commission, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has ...

Norway arrests ship with Russian crew on suspicion of damaging LVRTC cable in Baltic Sea.
31/01/2025

Norway arrests ship with Russian crew on suspicion of damaging LVRTC cable in Baltic Sea.

At the request of Latvia, Norwegian police have arrested a Russian-crewed vessel belonging to a Norwegian company on suspicion of the vessel being involved in damaging of a cable in the Baltic Sea, Norway reported on Friday, the 31st of January. “The ship is suspected of causing serious damage to ...

“Dishonest” to say Ukraine could completely destroy Russia, regain Crimea, says Rubio.
31/01/2025

“Dishonest” to say Ukraine could completely destroy Russia, regain Crimea, says Rubio.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in an interview published on Thursday, the 30th of January, condemned Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine, but said it was “dishonest” to claim that Kyiv was capable of destroying Russia on the battlefield and returning to the pre-2014 situation, reports The Kyiv ...

Latvian President: we need to review referendum initiation conditions.
31/01/2025

Latvian President: we need to review referendum initiation conditions.

Latvia should review existing referendum initiation conditions, stressed Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, who met with heads of Saeima factions at the Castle of Riga on Friday, the 31st of January. Mārtiņš Drēģeris, advisor to the President, reports that sides discussed tasks planned for t...

Are food prices too high in Latvia? Rimi chairman’s opinion.
31/01/2025

Are food prices too high in Latvia? Rimi chairman’s opinion.

The question about food prices is important to everyone, society in general and everyone who pays for purchases in stores, LETA was told by Board Chairman of LLC Rimi Latvia Valdis Turlais. He said the Latvian government needs to deepen its understanding or at least try to understand if there is som...

Investigators find black boxes after deadly Washington plane crash, continue search for answers.
31/01/2025

Investigators find black boxes after deadly Washington plane crash, continue search for answers.

US authorities said on Thursday, the 30th of January, that it was not yet clear why a regional airliner and a US army helicopter collided at a Washington airport, killing 67 people in the worst US plane crash in more than 20 years, while investigators have found the plane’s black boxes to seek for...

BNN ANALYSES | Will Lithuania’s 5-6% of GDP for military spending create long-term financial strain?
31/01/2025

BNN ANALYSES | Will Lithuania’s 5-6% of GDP for military spending create long-term financial strain?

Linas Jegelevičius Lithuania’s State Defence Council (VGT), which includes the country’s top political and military leaders, has committed to significantly increasing military spending. Over the next five years, the government plans to allocate between 5% and 6% of GDP to defence, a sharp rise ...

Meta will pay 25 million dollars to Trump for blocking his accounts.
30/01/2025

Meta will pay 25 million dollars to Trump for blocking his accounts.

US President Donald Trump has signed a deal that will see Facebook and Instagram owner Meta pay out around 25 million US dollars after Trump sued the social media giant and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2021 over the blocking of his accounts following the 6th of January riots at the Capitol that year,....

Latvia to purchase 42 ASCOD infantry battle vehicles from Spain.
30/01/2025

Latvia to purchase 42 ASCOD infantry battle vehicles from Spain.

Latvia has signed an agreement with the Spanish company “GDELS Santa Bárbara Sistemas” for the delivery of 42 ASCOD infantry battle vehicles to the National Armed Forces (NBS), which will cost EUR 373 million, the Ministry of Defence (AM) reports. The agreement was signed by Major General Andis...

Lufthansa Group to acquire minority participation in airBaltic for EUR 14 million.
30/01/2025

Lufthansa Group to acquire minority participation in airBaltic for EUR 14 million.

An agreement has been reached that German airline group Lufthansa Group will become a strategic investor for Latvian airBaltic airline. Lufthansa will acquire minority participation in this airline for EUR 14 million, according to the statement by airBaltic. According to the above-mentioned statemen...

VIDEO | A passenger plane and an army helicopter collide and crash in Washington DC.
30/01/2025

VIDEO | A passenger plane and an army helicopter collide and crash in Washington DC.

An American Airlines plane carrying 64 people collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter as it approached Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday, the 29th of January. Officials said the plane went down in the Potomac River and a search for survivors is underway, reports the BB...

Rail Baltica wants another EUR 325 million to continue the project.
29/01/2025

Rail Baltica wants another EUR 325 million to continue the project.

The joint company of the three Baltic States “RB Rail” has submitted a request for more than EUR 325 million for Rail Baltica in the new Connecting Europe Facility breach, as LETA was told by representatives of RB Rail. In Latvia, funding has been applied for the southern section of the Rail Bal...

Macron reveals plans to move Mona Lisa and build new Louvre entrance.
29/01/2025

Macron reveals plans to move Mona Lisa and build new Louvre entrance.

French President Emmanuel Macron, standing in front of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece in the Louvre on Tuesday, the 28th of January, presented his “New Renaissance” project and unveiled plans to move the Mona Lisa to a separate room as part of a major renovation of the world’s most visited ...

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