The first spring mushrooms have appeared in the forests, and the Toxicology and Sepsis Centre at Riga East University Hospital (RAKUS) has already admitted a mushroom picker who suffered severe poisoning after eating Gyromitra esculenta. Many people consider them harmless if prepared correctly. However, doctors and mycologists warn that these spring mushrooms are dangerous and should not be consumed, Latvian Television reports.

Since March of this year, when fuel prices rose sharply, more than 700,000 euros in additional funds have been needed each month to cover losses resulting from the rise in fuel prices. Due to the tense situation, there is a growing risk that companies may stop providing bus services, Ivo Ošenieks, head of the Latvian Passenger Transport Association, said in an interview on the Latvian Television programme "Morning Panorama."

Will fertilizers flow through Rīga port again, despite sanctions? Riga Fertilizer Terminal is once again requesting a special permit, or exemption, from sanctions in order to resume operations. According to the Latvian Television investigative programme "De Facto", the terminal promises to implement a so-called "firewall", that is, to completely separate sanctioned Russian oligarch Dmitry Mazepin from the company's management and profits.