On Heritage Day 2024, Galmusant gives residents a warm ‘HOME’ feeling

On Sunday, April 21, 2024, the leisure service organized Galmusant again in the GC Bailiff House in collaboration with the culture, youth and sports council. Galmusant is a leisure day in the context of Heritage Day 2024. On Heritage Day, all kinds of activities around cultural heritage are organized in Flanders and Brussels. The theme … Read more

BB.lv: This year the situation in hospitals “will be ok”

The politician said that in order for more money to flow into hospitals this year, it is necessary to move forward quite smoothly on the report proposed by the Ministry of Health on the first reforms of the hospital network, the approval of which will allow hospitals to receive an additional more than 25 million … Read more

Are they treating or crippling? Doctors caused damage to the health of Latvian residents worth a million euros

In total, over the past year, the Health Insurance Fund reviewed 172 applications for possible harm to health, of which harm was established in 44 cases. In 128 applications, the fund found no harm and refused to pay compensation. By comparison, in 2022, the Health Insurance Fund examined 146 claims for possible harm to health, … Read more

BB.lv: Banks have started paying Latvian debtors: the first amounts have already been received

Let us remind you that last year the authorities of the Republic of Latvia adopted amendments to the law on the protection of consumer rights. According to the amendments, mortgage borrowers have the right to compensation of 30% of interest payments, but not more than two percentage points of the interest rate for a given … Read more

“This unpleasant smell is not ours!” Latvia denied information from Finland

There was an unpleasant smell in Helsinki on Sunday. The Finnish Meteorological Institute suggested that the smell could have come from Kemeri National Park. A representative of the OPP explained that hydrogen sulfide sources have a strong specific aroma, but are not able to affect air quality at a distance of more than 400 kilometers. … Read more

The Latvian capital lacks 123 police officers

There were 123 vacancies in the Riga Municipal Police (RKP) last year, according to the report on police work for 2023, which the Riga City Council Committee on Security, Order and Prevention of Corruption plans to consider tomorrow, April 10. Of the indicated vacancies, 71 were vacancies for inspectors and rescue inspectors, 45 were vacancies … Read more

BB.lv: New money is being prepared for the people of Latvia: criminals have learned to counterfeit the old ones

Favorite two euros According to the Bank of Latvia, in 2023, 1,248 counterfeit banknotes were discovered in circulation in the country, including 655 counterfeit banknotes and 593 counterfeit coins. And in 2022, 889 counterfeit banknotes were discovered in circulation, including 433 counterfeit bills and 456 counterfeit coins. The most common counterfeit coins in Latvia are … Read more

Agricultural products have fallen in price in Latvia over the past year

Compared to 2022, the price index for livestock products in 2023 decreased by 8.9%, while the price index for crop products decreased by 24.3%. The level of prices for crop products in 2023 was mainly affected by a decrease in the price index for grains by 28.6%, of which for barley – by 37.3%, for … Read more