Latvian Health Minister Daniels Pavļuts (For Development/For) explained in a government press conference that in warehouses in Latvia, there are enough vaccines against Covid-19, so it was decided to donate Astra Zeneca vaccines to the five countries. «We can win the fight against this pandemic together and in full solidarityContinue Reading
In Latvia, from the next school year, the lowest rate of the monthly salary for general education teachers will be raised to 830 euros and for pre-school teachers to 872 euros, the Latvian government has decided. On Tuesday, July 6, the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers adopted the proposal to raiseContinue Reading
The Covid-19 pandemic is over in Norway, according to one of the doctors leading the response against coronavirus in the rich Scandinavian country. Preben Aavitsland, chief physician in the infection control division at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, tweeted on Sunday a graph showing Norway with its lowest levelContinue Reading
The Centre Party deputy chairman Jaanus Karilaid said that he recommends rejecting the state budget strategy, since he considers cuts and redundancies impractical in the present situation. How united was the cabinet about the cuts? It is always easier to increase spending rather than revise customary spending patterns. The taskContinue Reading
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Tuesday that benefits of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine outweigh risks despite finding possible links to very rare cases of blood clots. On Tuesday, the EMA’s safety committee said a warning should be added to the product information about the “very rare sideContinue Reading
The government at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday approved gradual relaxing of restrictions, spokespeople for the government said. The first restrictions to be relaxed from April 26 are those imposed on outdoor exercising and training activities and hobby education. From May 3, general education schools will partially open and theContinue Reading
The coronavirus pandemic in Lithuania has been gaining momentum since March 12 and for almost a month now there have been no days when the weekly number of new coronavirus cases would go down, and only the speed of the spread has been changing, according to the Lithuanian government’s reviewContinue Reading
Sweden on Wednesday extended a series of restrictions introduced to limit the spread of the coronavirus amid a rise in new cases. “Stay the course, the situation is serious. Once again, I would like to ask for a real effort,” Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said. He urged inhabitants to limit their social contacts andContinue Reading
An unvarnished and direct tone but hardly effective in the current situation, Vootele Päi, consultant for communication group Corpore, said. This kind of “twitching” suggests that those in charge of crisis management are panicking and on the verge losing control and a sense for reality. “The prime minister’s messages willContinue Reading
The meeting of EU prime ministers and heads of state held virtually on February 27-28 concentrated primarily on combating the coronavirus. What is the Council’s estimation of when will Europe have enough vaccines? No specific date was suggested. Everyone expressed their concern regarding this issue. The question being asked isContinue Reading