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Tuesday, 23.04.2024, 14:21
Electric power generation in Latvia down 1.2% in March
02.04.2020In March 2020, Latvia generated 670,831 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electric power, down 1.2 percent from the respective period a year ago, Aija Ikstena, a representative of Augstsprieguma Tikls (AST) transmission system operator, informed LETA.
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Cars wait in 16 km long line to cross Latvian-Lithuanian border
02.04.2020A 16 kilometers long line of passenger cars has built up at the Grenctale crossing on Latvian-Lithuanian border, Zane Plone, a representative of the Latvian Road Transport Administration, told LETA.
Baltic COVID-19 update: 649 cases confirmed in Lithuania, 458 in Latvia, 858 in Estonia
02.04.2020A total of 1,965 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the three Baltic countries by Thursday noon, according to the latest figures from official institutions, collected by the LETA/BNS.
Rietumu Has Acquired Lung Ventilators for Stradins Hospital
02.04.2020Rietumu Bank’s Charity Fund has acquired two universal lung ventilators for Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital.
Latvia Covid-19: Downtime regulation to be applied also to companies with tax debts
02.04.2020The Latvian government on Tuesday decided to apply the downtime regulation also to crisis-hit companies with outstanding tax debts, which means that their employees will be able to receive downtime pay and the companies will be able to seek deferral for their overdue tax payments, informed LETA.
29.3% of households in Latvia had accumulated no savings at the beginning of 2020 - survey
At the beginning of this year, 29.3 percent of households in Latvia had not accumulated any savings, the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) informed on Thursday, citing a provisional assessment.
Army to be involved in patrolling Latvian-Belarusian border because of Covid-19
Defense Minister Artis Pabriks (For Development/For) has ordered the National Armed Forces to provide support for the State Border Guard by assigning Home Guard members to patrol the Latvian-Belarusian border, Pabriks said on Twitter, referred LETA.