Latvian airline airBaltic cancelled its flights to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius and the country's resort town of Palanga after the Latvian government decided to restrict travel to and from Lithuania.
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Latvia (/ˈlɑːtviə/ or /ˈlætviə/; Latvian: Latvija [ˈlatvija]), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Republika), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. Since its independence, Latvia has been referred to as one of the Baltic states. It is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, and Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west.
Lithuania's parliamentary Committee on European Affairs has called on the government to step up pressure on Latvia over electricity trade with Russia amid suspicions that power generated by Belarus' Astravyets nuclear power station could be thus entering the Lithuanian market.
Lithuania and Latvia will continue to carry out projects under the EU-funded cross-border cooperation program without Belarus, at least for now, Interior Minister Rita Tamasuniene said.
Lithuania is offering Latvia and Estonia to raise the threshold within the so-called Baltic bubble that triggers the requirement for arrivals to self-isolate to 25 coronavirus cases per population of 100,000, from the existing 16, Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga told a press conference t...
Lithuania and Estonia have exceeded the coronavirus threshold agreed by the Baltic states that triggers mandatory 14-day self-isolation, according to the latest results from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
"By opening the internal borders, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have restored the ‘little Schengen’ in Europe. Starting today, the six million inhabitants of Baltic countries will be able to freely move across the internal borders between countries as long as they comply with virus containment restr...
The Debunk EU initiative, which has been operating in Lithuania for more than two years, is expanding to neighboring countries – its partners in Latvia and Estonia published the first research material on disinformation last week. In Latvia, the initiative operates under the name Atmaskots.lv, in Es...
President Gitanas Nausėda extended congratulations to President Egils Levits of Latvia and to the Latvian people celebrating the 30th anniversary of restored national independence.
There are currently two main global problems regarding plastic packaging. Firstly, how to reduce the volume of production of this material. Secondly, how to collect it effectively so that as little plastic as possible enters the environment.
The Lithuanian and Latvian presidents said after their meeting in Vilnius on Thursday that they agreed to expedite talks on a maritime border treaty so that it could be approved within the next four years.
The Lithuanians shop online more than the Latvians and Estonians, a new survey by the SEB bank shows, with people in Lithuania often choosing local online stores.
На оборудованной рядом с Палангой гоночной трассе уже в 20 раз проходят гонки Aurum 1006 km. За почётный титул в течение 10 часов или на протяжении более чем 370 кругов соревнуются 39 команд. Победу в этом году пророчат командам, пилотирующим Lamborghini, однако как будет на самом деле, выяснится в ...
Lithuania has no intention of following in the footsteps of Estonia and Latvia by cutting excise taxes on alcoholic drinks, Finance Minister Vilius Sapoka said.
Lithuania's state-run railway company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) and its subsidiaries have paid almost 130 million euros over a decade to Latvia's Sigmen controlled by former Latvian KGB officer Yuri Simonenkov, the Lithuanian national radio and television LRT's investigation t...
Форвард "Далласа" Кристап Порзиньгис оказался в центре скандального инцидента. Баскетболист подрался возле ночного клуба в Лиепае, свидетельствует имеющаяся в распоряжении портала Delfi информация.
В первом квартале этого года контролируемый российским энергетическим гигантом "Интер РАО" поставщик электроэнергии в Литве Inter RAO Lietuva получил 5,6 млн евро чистой прибыли - на 66% больше, чем в январе-марте прошлого года (3,5 млн евро). Чистая прибыль всей группы компании составила 6,4 млн ев...
Latvia's grain trade platform Agro Platforma has registered a company in Lithuania.
The bilateral agreement on the sea border was only ratified by Lithuania in 1999, the Lithuanian lrt.lt news website writes.
Lithuanian railway services company LGC Cargo, indirectly linked to well-known former Latvian politicians and the Russian Railways (Rossiyskie Zheleznye Dorogi) via Latvia's Baltic Transit Service, says it feels unwelcome in Lithuania and is facing resistance.
Мэру Риги Нилу Ушакову ("Согласие") не принадлежит дом в Межапарке, где 30 января проводило обыск Бюро по предотвращению и борьбе с коррупцией. Его владельцы — гражданин Германии Йорг Тумат, бывший член правления Latvijas Gāze и должностное лицо "Роснефти", и Кристина Гунда Тумат. Эти данные выяснил...
