Rat urine and millions found at illegal cigarette operation
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An investigation into illicit tobacco production has found that the business is highly profitable and strikingly unhygienic. Factories generating millions in revenue were found to be processing tobacco contaminated with rat urine.
The national airline, airBaltic, is facing its own turbulence as a group of private bondholders expresses dissatisfaction with the carrier’s financial state. Elsewhere, economist Pēteris Strautiņš has suggested the national economy is being held back by a 'small-time vendor' mentality that favors caution over growth.
A month after a natural disaster in Nepal and Tibet, thirty-three travelers remain missing. Among them are three individuals who had intended to complete a trek around the sacred Mount Kailash.