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News in light language on September 27Ģirts Auzāns00:00 / 00:00

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Heavy fighting has taken place on the unrecognized border of Nagorno-Karabakh since this morning

Heavy fighting has taken place since the morning on the internationally unrecognized border of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenia and Azerbaijan blame each other for starting the war.
Both Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia and Azerbaijan have declared a state of war.
Both parties report serious damages to the other party.
There are also civilian casualties.
Nagorno-Karabakh has been an independent Armenian republic since the early 1990s, but Azerbaijan considers it its territory.
Nagorno-Karabakh is also considered by the international community to be part of Azerbaijan.
Several countries called on both warring parties for an immediate ceasefire.

Protests continue in Belarus

In Belarus, about 200 people were detained by the militia today during the traditional weekend protests.
Despite the rain, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Minsk.
They took part in Svetlana Tihanovska’s symbolic “people’s inauguration”.
Journalists report that the number of protesters has reached or even exceeded 100,000 this weekend.
Protests also took place in other cities.
Sunday, September 27, marks 50 days since protests in Belarus against the regime of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Namejs 2020 training in progress

Since the end of August, military training “Namejs 2020” has been taking place in Pieriga.
They test the ability of units to expand and cooperate.
On Sunday, September 27, the training took place in the streets of Riga – Sarkandaugava, Zaķusala and elsewhere.
The National Guards and soldiers trained to guard Riga.
Namejs is the largest training of the armed forces of the year.
They will continue until October 4.

22 new cases of Covid-19 in Latvia

Last day, 22 cases of Covid-19 were detected in Latvia.
This was announced by the Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
Five patients have been infected from known previous cases, three have been infected abroad – in the Netherlands and Greece, information on 14 patients is still being clarified.
There are also four players of the Daugavpils “Dinaburg” hockey team.
Tomorrow, the Latvian Hockey Federation will decide how the Daugavpils club will be allowed to continue playing.
A total of 1,660 people were tested last day.
From Monday, all immigrants in Latvia will be sent a text message on the phone.
It will remind you that self-isolation is mandatory when entering from abroad with a high risk of Covid-19.

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