• February 20, 2026
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Minimum monthly wage in Latvia raised to EUR 740

Latvia is raising the minimum monthly wage from EUR 700 to EUR 740 as of January 1, 2025. The Ministry for Welfare says that the rules apply to all employers [..]

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16 February 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: A themed float on which Putin impales the Duesseldorf carnival figure Hoppeditz drives out of the float construction hall. Rose Monday on the Rhine is the highlight of the Rhenish carnival season with its traditional parades. Photo: Federico Gambarini/dpa

German Carnival parades heap satire on Putin, Trump, domestic leaders

Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe (2014–2017). Publicity photo

Ben Hodges: stop treating Russian sabotage like a crime scene

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One in five Lithuanians lives in poverty, among worst rates in EU

Tīna Lūse, Managing Director of the Fintech Latvia Association. Publicity picture

Fintech hubs are easy to market – hard to govern

The Valentine's Day heart in Narva. Source: ERR

Over 600 Narva residents form heart-shaped human chain for Valentine’s Day

Elīna Ieva Bota. Source: kamanas.lv

Baltic athletes making their mark at the 2026 Winter Olympics

04 June 2024, Berlin: Yulia Navalnaya, widow of late Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, attends a memorial service in his honour, on his birthday at the Church of Saint Mary. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa Credit: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa

Navalny remembered worldwide two years on as Kremlin denies poisoning

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Latvian optical salon chain becomes the first in Latvia to introduce digital vision tests and AI-driven analysis

Supermarket checkout. Source: Priit Mürk/ERR

Food prices continued to rise in January

Ingmārs Pūķis, VP & Member of the Management Board at LMT.

LMT Group partners with the European Space Agency to develop global dual-mode satellite IoT

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