EU Home Affairs Commissioner: Exclusion of migrants across borders has no place in the EU legal system
Participating in an international conference on border security in Vilnius, she said that migrants should be given the right to seek asylum, but at the same time welcomed Lithuania, which had been able to cope successfully with the migrant crisis. Meanwhile, Lithuanian officials have reiterated that this is not a normal migration crisis, but a […]
Covid-19 worldwide: The number of new cases in the last week has averaged three million a day
In the week ending Thursday, the average number of new Covid-19 cases per day was 3.1 million, an increase of 11% on the previous seven days. However, the increase is smaller than in previous weeks, when the spread of the most contagious omicron species gained momentum. The biggest increase of the week is in Asia, […]
Listen – Oskars Deigelis and Antra Stafecka offer a new song
The author of the music and lyrics is Degel’s sister Anita Tīlena, while the arrangement is entrusted to Jānis Narbutas from the production association “White Wide Production”. The video version of the song was created by Kaspars Dvinskis. “In the context of publishing a composition, it must be said that everything has its time and […]
In Latvia, mortality with diagnosed Covid-19 is higher than the EU / EEA average
However, despite the rapid rise in morbidity, it is lower in the Baltic States than the European average. ECDC estimates of the situation in the previous two weeks from 3 to 16 January show that the mortality rate with diagnosed Covid-19 in Latvia has risen slightly again, reaching 87.5 cases per million population, and that […]
Traffic on the Via Baltica motorway has been paralyzed due to snow and accidents for 55 kilometers
According to Ieva Šlivinskiene, a representative of the Marijampolė police, the road maintenance services are unable to clear the snow and scatter the carriageways, according to the news agency BNS. In the morning, neither Lithuania nor Poland allowed heavy vehicles to cross, although Poland has started to allow trucks into its territory again around noon, […]
Artist Margarita Vilcani will be honored with an anniversary concert and an exhibition of special costumes
The concert will start on January 26 at 7 pm in the Great Hall of the Grand Guild. There, from January 29 to February 26, the Grand Guild will have the opportunity to see a multimedia exhibition of Margarita Vilcāne’s stage costumes, marking the unique place of fashion in the stage of the stage in […]
Markus Riva presents the melancholic clip of his song “Supernova”
Originally, the song “If You’re Gonna Love Me” was created in Latvian under the title “If You Love Me” and included in the album “Lost in the City” released last December. This is the seventh album Riva has released during his career. The song has also inspired the creation of its English version, and it […]
First country in Europe: Compulsory vaccination against Covid-19 is approved in Austria
Since the proposal was announced in November in an effort to increase vaccination coverage, tens of thousands of people have been gathering at regular demonstrations over the weekends to protest against compulsory vaccination. With the exception of the far right, all other parties supported the proposal, which was adopted by 137 votes to 33. “It […]
Russia’s readiness to start using military force has shrunk from weeks to hours, the Lithuanian defense minister said
According to him in an interview with Lithuanian public radio, Russia could take such a step at the time when US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet in Geneva. “At the time of the talks in Geneva or elsewhere, Russia may use military force to strengthen its negotiating […]
Blinken: Nord Stream 2 is a lever against Russia
“It’s worth noting that gas is not yet flowing through Nord Stream 2, which means the pipeline is a lever for Germany, the United States and our allies, not Russia,” Blinken said. This is undoubtedly something that Moscow is considering as a next step, he added, “especially in light of the strong statements made by […]