Consent will be required for cookies in Europe

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

European Parliament and the Council has adopted Directive that requires  user consent to internet cookies. Directive will be in force across the European Union within 18 months. See: Directive amending Directive 2002/22/EC, 2002/58/EC and 2006/2004 (PDF).

Latvians forbidden to drive foreign cars

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Today Saeima (Parliament of Latvia) adopted amendments in Law on traffic forbidding residents of Latvia to drive vehicles  registered in other countries. Authors of these provisions stated they are needed because lot of residents of Latvia drive cars registred in neighbouring Lithuania, thus avoiding paying road tax in Latvia and ...

Latvian torrent tracker closed by police

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Few days ago one of largest torrent trackers in Latvia file.lv was closed by police. Police seized about 40 servers and arrested two persons - server administrators and owners. They are accused in breach of copyright and illegal distribution of copyrighted material. If found guilty they can face ...