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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.