The influenza epidemic declared in January will end in Latvia on Thursday, April 25, the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC) has announced,
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To reduce the number of road accidents and injuries related to electric scooters and improve road safety overall, the State Police is launching the “fastest way to a hospital” information campaign, Latvian Television reported on April 17.
The Zemgale District Court has sentenced paramedic Gints Vaits to one year suspended sentence and a four-year ban from medical practice for leaving a young woman unconscious and failing to provide assistance, Latvian Television reported on April 16.
Tuesday, April 16, will mark exactly the year since Leons Rusiņš brutally killed his ex-spouse and mum of two, Iveta, on a lonely country road near Jēkabpils with an axe. The murder took place in front of Iveta's mum and her two underage sons. Leons Rusiņš has still not been found, Latvian Television reported April 15.
After loud protests about the planned closure of most Latvian Postal Service (Latvijas Pasts, LP) offices, a new plan has been developed. The company now plans to maintain 116 post offices across the country, providing service in all regions and cities, Latvian Television reported on April 9.
The State Police has opened criminal proceedings regarding another case when fraudsters, posing as bank and police employees, scammed a large amount of money – EUR 12,000 – from a father of two children. Police remind the public once again that scammers are using a lot of methods and to be vigilant, Latvian Television reported on April 3.
In many Latvian households, eggs are dyed and decorated at Easter. Now another colorful addition to the Easter-tide table has arrived with Ukrainians finding refuge in Latvia.
A red alert for flood was issued on the Daugava section from Jēkabpils to Zeļķi on Wednesday evening. As water levels rise, widespread areas are expected to flood at this stage.
Although it is difficult to surprise activists of the Ukraine-supporting association “Your Friends”, Latvian school students have managed to do so. Several hundred students in 100 Latvian schools have responded to the call to provide donations to soldiers, Latvian Television reported on February 18.
An appeal in Valērijs Lazarevs' case, or the so-called Ukrainian flag attack case has come to Kurzeme Regional Court that the case should be reopened and viewed again, Latvian Television reported on February 12.
Domestic violence has become particularly topical over the past year. Police data show that the number of reported threats and stalking is increasing, Latvian Television reported on February 10.
Next week, two teams of foreign experts will take samples again in the basement of the Rīga Stradiņš hospital's new building basement to check whether there are mold spores present there, Latvian Television reported on February 9.
A man who had been detained for a crime of a sexual nature had to be captured again by police shortly after being released. After a court overturned a restraining order, the man had come to the victim and, armed with a knife, tried to kidnap the woman, Latvian Television reported on February 2.
Last year, the Data State Inspectorate (DVI) received 30 complaints about cases where medical employees viewed data not relevant to them in the e-Health system, Latvian Television reported on January 27.
Christmas presents and charity parcels provided by Latvians living in the UK for Latvian low-income and multi-child families have still not reached their destination. The reason - a couple of bags of cat food in one of the parcels, Latvian Television reported on January 19.
Schoolchildren, teachers and parents at Mežmala Secondary School in Jūrmala mourn a Year 6 pupil named Maksims whose life was taken last week at the hands of his peer. Police are especially vigilant in the aftermath of the harrowing crime, Latvian Television reported on Monday, January 15.
The public has been shaken in recent days by two murders in which the victims and violators are minors. The state police believe the situation in the country is stable and the two killings are not linked, police said Janiary 12.
On the night of Thursday, January 11, a 13-year-old teenager was found on the street with stab wounds in Jūrmala, Sloka neighborhood. He died from the injuries sustained even before medics arrived, according to the State Police (VP).
The State Burns Center, where people with frostbite also end up, has no free beds after the past few extremely cold days, Latvian Television reported on January 8.
11 thousand young people have received help at the Teenage Resource Center this year. The average portrait of a teenager -- a 14-year-old girl who lives with both parents and attends school but has trouble getting along with her peers, Latvian Television reported December 13.
Medical workers raise the alarm that the number of Covid-19 cases is increasing again in Latvian hospitals. Almost none of those found to have the infection have got a booster jab this year. Although in Latvia the annual vaccine is available to everyone and free of charge, residents have little interest in it, Latvian Television reported on November 14.
The park which for many years held the association with a giant obelisk, red tulip carpets and Russian songs on May 9, the Soviet 'Victory' day, has acquired a new identity. It will be opened to the public on Saturday, November 11, Latvian Television reports.
Riga District Court began to view the claim of the smoking products wholesaler “Pro Vape” for the recovery of 5,000 euros of non-material damage in connection with the dissemination of reputation-damaging, false news. The defendant in the case is Alvils Krams, a lung doctor at Eastern Hospital in Rīga, Latvian Television reports.
While the new Eris type of Covid-19 Omicron has already been discovered in the wastewaters of Latvia, it has not yet been proven in the laboratory. Doctors say that more subtypes are definitely to come and the morbidity curve is sure to increase, Latvian Television reported September 19.
September marks one year since Latvian nurse Sarmīte Cīrule has been helping the wounded on the Ukrainian front day and night. She has received several awards recently, including the Order of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, after she herself was wounded in an attack, Latvian Television reported September 7.
Latvian prisons are safe and the public is safe, according to an assessment by the chief of Prisons Administration Dmitrijs Kaļins and Minister for Justice Inese Lībiņa-Egnere after Sunday's escape. Service inspection of 18 prison employees has now begun, Latvian Television reported July 25.
The construction of a ferris wheel has begun in the Pārdaugava part of Rīga, the left bank of the Daugava, between Raņķa Dam and Slokas Street, part of Uzvaras Park, Latvian Television reported on July 5.
During the Song and Dance Festival, the State Police are testing two electric scooters produced in Latvia. The scooters allow them to reach speeds of 25 kilometers an hour and navigate through participants and spectators. So far, scooters have been particularly useful in catching unauthorized drone flights, Latvian Television reported on July 4.
Air traffic is not allowed during the Song and Dance Festival in Mežaparks, Rīga center, and the Daugava stadium neighborhood. All drone flights not coordinated with the State Police are considered illegal and are suspended. Ten unauthorized drones have been intercepted so far, Latvian Television reported July 3.
Mežaparks stage, where the biggest events of the Song and Dance Festival will take place, sounds like a chorus of strimmers singing between the solos of the saw and the drill. Dozens of people – workers, sound technicians, stage workers, arborists and gardeners – do their best to welcome the participants and visitors to the festival, Latvian Television reported on June 28.
In the early morning of Monday, June 26, at the Ķīpsala Exhibition hall, volunteers for the Song and Dance Festival have started to pack the tote bags for participants – with a manual, a refillable water bottle, a lip balm, and other useful items, Latvian Television reported.
On Wednesday, June 21, Rēzekne Court decided to keep the father and stepmother of seven-year-old Justīne Reinikova in custody, according to unofficial information obtained by Latvian Television.