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Depozita Iepakojuma Operators selected as operator of packaging deposit system 2020-12-29 LETA/TBT Staff RIGA - The State Environment Service (VVD) has selected Depozita Iepakojuma Operators as the operator of the packaging deposit system, said VVD general director Elita Baklane-Ansberga in a press conference today. She informed that the company meets all necessary requirements and has obtained the highest score in the assessment, therefore an agreement for a term of seven years will be signe...

First people in Latvia receive Covid-19 vaccines 2020-12-28 LETA/TBT Staff RIGA - On Monday morning, the first people received the Covid-19 vaccines at Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, the hospitals representative Janita Veinberga reported. The first vaccine was administered at 8:02 a.m. Veinberga said that in three days the hospital plans to vaccinate 1,055 people. One of the hospitals medics, Janis Vetra, who received the vaccine on Monday, said in a Twitter post that the pandem...

Health Ministry to assess necessity to restrict out-patient medical services 2020-12-28 LETA/TBT Staff RIGA - The Health Ministry will assess the necessity to restrict provision of out-patient medical services in Latvia, said Health Minister Ilze Vinkele (For Development) in an interview with the Latvian public television today. The decision might be made because of the large number of hospitalized Covid-19 patients and the restricted capacity of the health care sector. The ministry will disc...

In line with the current forecasts, Covid-19 vaccination in Latvia could be started on December 28, the LETA news agency learned from Health Ministry representative Oskars Sneiders. As Latvia plans to receive the first vaccines by the end of the year, on December 28 ten vaccination rooms will start work with Covid-19 vaccines. The first ones to receive the vaccines will be medics working with Covid-19 patients and employees of the Emergency Medical Service. If the E...

Faced with climate change in Senegal, how can unions support efforts towards energy transition? Union leaders believe that trade union centres will be able to make stronger contributions to the NDCs if affiliated workers are present at all levels of the national economy potentially impacted by climate change. Senegalese fishermen stand on their boat in the port of Saint-Louis, Senegal, in April 2017. (Anton Ivanov ) Share this page Union leaders believe that trade union centres will be able to ...

Covid-19, EU – Baltic States, Latvia, Legislation, Tourism Over 30 hotels in Riga have suspended their operations BC, Riga, 11.12.2020. Print version Over 30 hotels in Riga have suspended their operations, said Latvian Hotels and Restaurants Association president Janis Naglis to Latvian Radio this morning, cites LETA. He also acknowledged that not all market participants will overcome this Covid-19 crisis. "I think that there will be fallen, as in every war, but those who endure this battle w...