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Police accused of inhumane actions at Terra music festival
LSM
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July 30, 2025
The organisers of the Terra music festival accuse the State Police of inhumanity, aggression and racism against the festival participants. The State Police completely rejects the allegations made publicly, stressing that the police were carrying...
Major Rīga hospital could be left without catering unit
LSM
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July 25, 2025
The Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) has ordered to eliminate non-compliances in the catering block of Rīga East Clinical University Hospital (RAKUS) by 28 July, otherwise it would suspend its operation, the LETA news agency has found out. RAKUS...
Wis. man pleads guilty to smuggling lab equipment to Russian companies
CBS 2 Chicago - Illinois
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July 30, 2025 / 11:42 AM CDT / AP A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Tuesday to smuggling lab equipment to Russian companies in violation of trade sanctions the United States imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine. Federal prosecutors charged Andrew...
Madison man pleads guilty to smuggling lab equipment to Russian companies
Fox11 News - Wisconsin
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MADISON (AP) -- A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Tuesday to smuggling lab equipment to Russian companies in violation of trade sanctions the United States imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine. Federal prosecutors charged Andrew Pogosyan, a...
African Swine Fever spreads in Latvia – FVS imposes quarantine
Baltic News Network
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July 25, 2025
The Food and Veterinary Service (FVS) has detected the third African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak of the year in a domestic pig holding in Rosme, Iecava Parish, Bauska Municipality, involving 55 pigs, the FVS reports. The FVS is implementing disease...
BNN IN FOCUS | Why is the Latvian Government reviewing early retirement pensions? Political analyst explains budget risks
Baltic News Network
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July 25, 2025
The issue of early retirement pensions is currently at the center of public attention, as the government plans significant changes to the system starting in 2027. Firstly, it is intended to reduce the number of professional categories eligible for...
Health Ministry signs 11 security agreements in healthcare with European partners - Liashko
Interfax Ukraine
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July 22, 2025
The Ministry of Health has signed 11 security agreements in the field of healthcare with European partners. As reported by Minister of Health Viktor Liashko on his Facebook page, agreements have now been signed with Latvia, Sweden, Finland,...
Latvia to connect soon to the European Open Science Cloud
LSM
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July 22, 2025
Researchers will have access to a wide range of digital tools for data analysis, visualization, modelling, and other research processes, including international collaboration. All services will be centralised and easily accessible to users and...
Young Latvians don't rate themselves as particularly healthy
LSM
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July 24, 2025
Self-perceived health gives an overall assessment by the respondent of their health in general. It is by definition subjective and is expected to include different dimensions of health such as psychological and physical symptoms. Young people are...
Latvian Prime Minister: Some professions may no longer qualify for early retirement pensions
Baltic News Network
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July 21, 2025
As of 2027, several professional categories may no longer be eligible for the early retirement pension system, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa (New Unity) told journalists today after a meeting of the Strategic Management Thematic Committee. She...
Stradiņš Hospital – among the world’s best in stroke treatment! Receives four diamond-level awards
Baltic News Network
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July 24, 2025
The Neurology Clinic of the Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital has received four highest-level international Diamond awards from the “Angels Awards” for excellence in stroke treatment and patient care, hospital representative Zane Grēta...
FineHeart Named Leader of the IPCEI Health Tech4Cure to Spearhead the Structuring of the European Implantable Medical Device Sector
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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BORDEAUX, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 24, 2025-- FineHeart, a clinical-stage medical technology company specializing in the development of innovative solutions for cardiology, has been designated as the lead partner of the IPCEI Tech4Cure...
Fake honey starting to appear on Latvian market
LSM
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July 24, 2025
Counterfeit honey, or a product that attempts to be presented as honey but cannot be considered as such, is starting to appear in Latvia, though so far there are not many examples. This spring the Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) has discovered...
Former Latvian Health Minister not guilty of official misconduct during the Covid-19 crisis
Baltic News Network
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July 23, 2025
As the prosecution has not appealed the ruling of the Riga Regional Court, the acquittal of former Health Minister Ilze Viņķele (Development/For!) for official misconduct has come into force, the LETA news agency reports. Previously, the Riga City...
The impact of migration on the health system. Regional workshop, launched by IOM in Chisinau
IPN
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July 23, 2025
0 In Chisinau, a regional workshop was launched on Wednesday, aimed at assessing the impact of migration on the national health system of the Republic of Moldova. The initiative belongs to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in...
Wet summer makes it a hard year for Latvian farmers
LSM
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July 23, 2025
In places where it has rained almost non-stop this summer, farmers are having serious difficulties collecting the fodder they need for their livestock – hay and silage, reports Latvian Radio. In southern Latgale region, farms have managed to...
Without pay increases, Latvia’s healthcare sector faces collapse, warns Medical Trade Union
Baltic News Network
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July 16, 2025
The Board of the Latvian Health and Social Care Workers’ Trade Union (LVSADA) will call on the Ministry of Health (MoH) to enter negotiations, demanding a 15% salary increase in 2026 for all professional qualification groups in the healthcare...
Farmers struggle to collect fodder for livestock this summer in Latvia
LSM
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July 23, 2025
In places where the rains have been relentless this summer, farmers are struggling to collect the fodder they need for their livestock - hay and silage, Latvian Radio reports on 23 July. The quality of the hay and green fodder itself is also a...
Declaration of the EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania,…
France Diplomacy
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July 23, 2025
Following the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), to which the European Union and all its Member States are party to and considering that the aforementioned Convention is an international human rights...
University rankings don't tell the whole story, says Rīga Stradiņš University
LSM
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July 22, 2025
RSU has become the first university in the Baltics to join an initiative called "More than our rank" for institutions that feel the popular ranking tables don't do them full justice. The university provides a full explanation of its thinking on...