The industry

https://www.zm.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/eiropas-parlaments-noraida-meza-uzraudzibas-likumu-kas-paredzeja-mezsaimniekiem-uzlikt-papildu-birokratisko-slogu
Last week the European Parliament rejected the so-called Forest Monitoring Law, which would have obliged forest owners to collect additional forest data and thus increased the bureaucratic burden.

https://www.lvm.lv/jaunumi/7773-as-latvijas-valsts-mezi-apsaimnieko-valsts-mezus-jau-26-gadus
Twenty-six years ago – on 28 October 1999 – AS “Latvijas valsts meži” was founded. Over those years LVM has become one of Latvia's largest companies, with a turnover of more than half a billion euros.

https://www.lvm.lv/jaunumi/7780-parakstits-ligums-par-lvm-geo-ieviesanu-danija-un-vacija
On 29 October, Māris Kuzmins, member of the board of AS “Latvijas valsts meži”, and Torben Friis Lange, director general of AS “Dalgas”, signed an agreement on the roll-out of the LVM GEO forest management platform in Denmark and Germany in support of the business processes of AS “Dalgas”.

https://www.db.lv/zinas/vietejie-meza-zemju-pirceji-saglaba-augstu-aktivitati-523811
A new wave of interest is beginning to take shape in the market. This is evidenced by the announcement from Lars Larsen Group (the group that owns JYSK) about forest investments in the Baltic states, including Latvia.

https://www.finieris.com/lv/sparu-svetki-latvijas-finiera-toposajai-sveku-rupnicai-riga/
On 28 October in the Bolderāja neighbourhood of Riga, a topping-out ceremony was held for the resin production facility at the Chemical Products Plant of AS “Latvijas Finieris”.

https://www.db.lv/zinas/pieskir-5-miljonu-eiro-finansejumu-mezsaimniecibas-uznemumam-timbro-523838
SIA Timbro is actively expanding its operations: the number of suppliers and the volume of export transactions have grown rapidly, and over the past year its revenue has increased fivefold to around 45 million euros.

https://www.db.lv/zinas/video-jauni-produkti-lauj-istenot-strauju-izaugsmi-523603
Dižozols plus has been making furniture for more than a quarter of a century, and since 2009 it has specialised in bent-laminated furniture components – mostly chairs of various kinds – for foreign brands, primarily ones based in Scandinavia.

https://www.db.lv/zinas/kokapstrades-uznemums-fravia-piesaista-500-000-eiro-523816
“Fravia”, a woodworking company in Krāslava municipality, has received 500,000 euros in financing from Swedbank to secure the company's working capital.

https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/ekonomika/26.10.2025-ilgtermina-mezizstrades-ligumi-ierobezo-konkurenci-lvm-risinajumus-vel-mekle.a619867/
What the state forests did in order to shorten this term was to carry out what is known as the transformation. They offered new terms, under which you receive that timber sooner than you would have obtained it from your own areas, while at the same time shortening the term of those contracts as far as is justifiable from a forestry point of view. In reality, the greatest resistance lies precisely in this transformation.

https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/28.10.2025-jurmalas-iedzivotaji-bazijas-par-sakopsanas-darbiem-krastciema-meza.a620187/
The felling site has also been inspected by a forest officer of the State Forest Service. He found deep ruts, which the logging contractor will have to level out once the harvesting work is complete.

https://www.lvm.lv/jaunumi/7779-veikta-lvm-tiltu-galvena-inspekcija-tilti-ir-laba-stavokli-un-drosi-satiksmei
...in the road network, river and watercourse crossings are provided by more than 200 large-diameter culverts and 92 bridges.

https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/ekonomika/25.10.2025-zviedrijas-petnieks-es-atmezosanas-regula-taisnigs-ieguldijums-cina-pret-mezu-izcirsanu-bet-nav-brinumnujina.a619688/
It is an unprecedented environmental regulation that sets clear conditions for importing goods into the huge European Union market. It was therefore to be expected that it would cause upheaval. But that is also one of its potential positive effects, because it challenges the existing order and shows how environmental protection issues can also be addressed within the framework of trade relations.

Also a matter connected with the industry

https://www.varam.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/lai-dabiskotu-mezaudzes-raznas-nacionalaja-parka-dabas-aizsardzibas-parvalde-aicina-pieteikties-cirsmu-izsolem
In order to continue the rewilding of forests begun eight years ago in Rāzna National Park, the Nature Conservation Agency invites applications by 31 October for two electronic auctions of felling sites in Kaunata parish, Rēzekne municipality, and Andzeļi parish, Krāslava municipality.

Officially

https://www.zm.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/armands-krauze-ierobezota-finansejuma-apstaklos-dalibvalstim-jadod-lielaka-ricibas-briviba-pasakumu-izvelei-atbilstosi-valsts-vajadzibam
...I believe that all environmental and climate requirements in agriculture, animal welfare, food production and forestry need appropriate funding. Unfortunately, the European Commission's proposal contains too many mandatory measures and conditions.

https://www.varam.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/varam-valdiba-sniedz-atbalstu-jelgavas-valstspilsetas-pasvaldibai-vetras-un-stipro-lietavu-radito-postijumu-noversanai-8381-tukst-eiro-apmera
The Cabinet of Ministers approved a draft order prepared by the Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development on the allocation of 838,145 euros from the state budget programme “Funds for unforeseen events” to Jelgava city local government.

https://www.vaad.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/vaad-parbaudes-apliecina-latvijas-darzeni-un-augli-tiek-audzeti-atbildigi
Latvian vegetables and fruit are grown responsibly.

On what matters

https://www.db.lv/zinas/liaa-latvija-kluvusi-par-vienu-no-nozimigakajiem-ilgtermina-investiciju-galamerkiem-regiona-523715
Latvia has become one of the most significant long-term investment destinations in the region.

https://nra.lv/neatkariga/intervijas/505144-zalais-kurss-un-ukraina-reinis-poznaks-par-eiropas-parlamenta-aktualitatem.htm
Everything we can do must be done. I think it will all be fine. The main question right now is that Europe has to provide the money in the short term, because the Ukrainians themselves can produce a great deal. Unlike the EU, the Ukrainians do not have such extensive bureaucracy.

Hunting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPy20ilhpSI
In the “We, the hunters” series, FACE vice-president Linda Dombrovska talks to FACE secretary general David Scallan about the recovery of the wolf population across Europe and the recent decision that each EU member state may now decide for itself on the management of its wolf population.

https://www.varam.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/liepajas-ezera-atkartoti-konstate-nelikumigas-udensputnu-medibas-kuras-izmantoti-putnu-balsu-ieraksti
...a senior state environmental inspector, while carrying out checks in the “Liepājas ezers” nature reserve, uncovered illegal waterfowl hunting in which three Italian citizens were using recordings of bird calls to lure waterfowl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k2iGAdts5c
When sheep are savaged, the blame for the damage is most often laid on the wolf. In a large proportion of cases that is indeed so, but not always. Dogs left unsupervised by their owners can also do a great deal of harm. Moreover, it is possible to tell where the culprit should be sought – in the forest or in one of the neighbouring houses – not only from the tracks, but also from the way the sheep have been bitten.

They have found something to fight over

https://www.delfi.lv/898102/versijas/120092355/davis-vitols-kapec-alus-nozare-melo
The beer industry often points out that consumption of spirits is rising. Formally – yes, according to the data on legally sold volumes. But the main reason is not a real increase in the consumption of alcoholic drinks, but rather the shrinking of the shadow economy, which the industry has been working on for years.

About the environment and around it

https://www.varam.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/varam-sabiedriskajai-apspriesanai-nodod-parskatus-par-sugu-un-biotopu-stavokli
The Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development is putting out for public consultation the reports on the status of species and habitats in 2019-2024.

https://www.apollo.lv/8350283/kur-paliek-dabas-aizsardzibai-paredzeta-nauda-meza-ipasnieces-dzintras-elbertes-stasts-par-problemam-gaujas-nacionalaja-parka
...forest owner Dzintra Elberte still feels the shortcomings of the nature protection system first-hand on her properties on the banks of the Gauja. She is actively involved in conserving the environment, yet paradoxically the state's nature protection policy often leaves her in a helpless situation.

https://www.diena.lv/raksts/latvija/zinas/divas-reorganizacijas-gada-laika-par-logisku-soli-nenosauksi-14343586
...what gains or losses await the National Botanic Garden of Latvia after its planned incorporation into the Nature Conservation Agency...

https://www.delfi.lv/193/politics/120093322/tas-ir-dabigs-process-jelgava-skaidro-platones-krasu
The murky water of the river Platone is explained by the fact that the riverbed is clayey and is easily stirred up during heavy rainfall.

Miscellaneous

https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/18.10.2025-jaunciema-uznemejs-uzlabo-noplukusu-eku-un-izmitina-cilvekus-vietejie-neapmierinati-ar-ienacejiem.a618504/
...people are concerned about what sort of people will live in Jaunciems.

Current events in cartoons

https://www.lasi.lv/par-svarigo/karikatura/zime-gatis-sluka-koalicijas-konflikts.34012

https://www.lasi.lv/par-svarigo/karikatura/zime-gatis-sluka-lapu-patrula.33924

https://www.lasi.lv/par-svarigo/karikatura/zime-gatis-sluka-pedejais-baltijas-lasis.33963

https://www.diena.lv/raksts/diena-citi/karikaturista-skats/gramatu-hibrids-14343578

https://www.diena.lv/raksts/diena-citi/karikaturista-skats/hello-vins-14343387

https://www.lasi.lv/par-svarigo/karikatura/zime-gatis-sluka-saldo-vai-pussaldo.34046