LONDON - The European Union is ready to defend threats to "European values" in the face of fast-changing political landscapes on both sides of the Atlantic, former Latvian prime minister and current European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis said Friday.&#...
RIGA - Baltic joint venture RB Rail which coordinates work on Rail Baltica European-gauge railroad project has submitted a new funding application, responding to the 2016 Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport Calls for Proposals, making EU funding available for projects of common interest in the transport sector., BNS was told at RB Rail. All three Baltic states and their joint venture RB Rail have already received CEF co-funding for a construction of Rail Baltica rail...
RIGA - As flu incidence in Estonia has been unexpectedly high, Estonia has asked Latvia and other countries for assistance with the provision of flu medications, Latvian daily Diena reported on Monday. Planning purchase of medicines had been based on an experience of the previous years. Last year the flu season started a month later and there was lower doctors' activity in a prescription of drugs, therefore stocks of flu medications have started to run out, Diena report...
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