Despite EU investigation Ikea management believes it covers its fair tax share
Commenting on the tax investigation opened by European Union officials into a part of the Swedish furniture retail giant Ikea, the group's head Jesper Brodin has explained that the company covers its...
View ArticleVideo: Don’t play with 42,000 matches!
You hear economists urging Baltic states to increase work efficiency. At the same time, there are people elsewhere, who invest their time in gluing a ball of 42 000 matches. With the purpose of...
View ArticleVideo: Stones don’t float .. unless it’s Gita
In another example, where mother nature shows its force, this amateur video shot in New Zealand shows a river turning into a river of rocks after massive rainfall brought by cyclone Gita.
View ArticleVideo: Every little thing has its right place. Where to put spinner?
As the 19th-century Latvian writer Rūdolfs Blaumanis wrote, every little thing has its right place. In this video published by YouTube user Kaplamino, a clever sequence of chain reactions is carried...
View ArticleVideo: The bridge, where trucks just keep crushing into
As mysterious as it is, in the U.S., there is a train bridge that is famous for damaging high delivery trucks that keep being driven under it despite warnings of low clearance.
View ArticleVideo: Pope Francis hopes his visit to Baltics would encourage work for...
Prior to his visit to the three Baltic states, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, has sent a video message to the three nations.
View ArticleBank of Latvia governor has no plans to request permit to access official...
Ilmārs Rimšēvičs, governor of the Bank of Latvia, does not plan to request a permit to access official secrets, says the bank’s press-secretary Jānis Silakalns.
View ArticleFrench President: we will restore Notre Dame Cathedral
France’s President Emmanuel Macron promises to restore Notre Dame Cathedral, which was partially destroyed by a massive fire on Monday, 15 April, BBC reports. Fire fighters managed to save the main...
View ArticleDon’t meddle in next election. U.S. foreign minister visits Russia
U.S. foreign minister Mike Pompeo has visited Russia to meet with his counterpart Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin after a special U.S. investigation documented extensive election...
View ArticleVideo: European Spitzenkandidaten debate key EU issues in Brussels
What do to the leading candidates of each political group of the European Parliament stand for? Watch their debate in Brussels.
View ArticlePoland fights child abuse with prison sentences up to 30 years
Polish legislators have extended prison terms for convicted paedophiles to a maximum 30 years. The Catholic country’s child abuse scandals have been underscored by a new documentary on such crimes by...
View ArticleUkraine’s Zelensky starts presidency with dissolution of parliament
Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelensky has been sworn in Kyiv on Monday and in his inaugural speech has announced the dissolution of the Ukrainian parliament.
View Article«Last chance» to pass Brexit deal met with skepticism in British parliament
In the United Kingdom, the latest offer by British Prime Minister Theresa May to pass the country’s withdrawal deal with the European Union has been criticised by influential groups in the British...
View ArticleStoltenberg expresses NATO’s full readiness to react to Russian cyberattacks
NATO stood ready to respond to cyber attacks from Russia and other possible adversaries with all its capabilities, the Secretary General of the alliance has stated.
View ArticleJapan shaken by knife attack on schoolchildren
A mass stabbing attempt has taken place in Japan, as a man has killed three people and injured not less than 18 school girls before taking his own life.
View ArticleCaptain arrested over Budapest ship collision as search for victims continues
Hungarian authorities have arrested the captain of the tourist ship that sunk in Danube river with 33 people on board, while divers searched for the victims.
View ArticleAustria’s first female Chancellor to head government until snap elections
The Austrian government will be headed for the first time by a female Chancellor, as judge Brigitte Bierlein has been nominated for the post in a caretaker government to stay in office until the...
View ArticleGrab your binoculars and watch out for Jupiter and its moons
«Look up!» is the slogan the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) used to announce a grand event event. On 10 June, Jupiter – the largest planet in the Solar System – will be clearly...
View ArticleCleaning up Mt. Everest: 11 tonnes of waste and 4 bodies found
In a special expedition organized by the Nepalese government four unidentified bodies were found and more than 11 tonnes of waste was collected from Mount Everest.
View ArticleVideo: What solutions to Brexit offered by top candidates to UK Prime Minister?
The two top candidates to become the next UK Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt and former Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson differ on how and when the British withdrawal from the European...
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