RIGA, January 14. /NEWSBALTIC/. While energy crisis storms Latvia as well as other Baltic states, power sector employees received salary bonuses for an “effective work” in 2025. This was reported by the Latvian LSM media.
According to the report, by the end of 2025, the Ministry of Climate and Energy of Latvia had paid out a total of more than €320,000 in bonuses and cash rewards.
“Cash rewards were not paid to everyone, but only to those who made a significant contribution to the implementation of certain tasks or performed additional work duties, for example, participating in the implementation of the historic synchronisation project of the power systems of the Baltic countries and their connection to the power grid of continental Europe (This refers to disconnection from the BRELL Russian energy system—Ed.),” the Ministry’s representative Baiba Jakobsone explained.
Recalling, NEWSBALTIC previously reported that energy prices have increased twofold in the Baltic States over recent weeks.
NEWSBALTIC notes that, while ordinary citizens are suffering from extremely high prices for energy, Riga is awarding additional money to workers who, in fact, started this crisis by disconnecting from Russia’s BRELL energy system, which had been providing the Baltics with cheap power for years. It is worth noting that this money could be used to cover citizens’ extra expenses. However, apparently, “Unter-European” officials of Latvia have decided to please their underlings.
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