Event 1095

{
  "category": "InfoOps",
  "confidence": "High",
  "country": "Latvia",
  "description": "On 1 July 2025, Latvia began operating an early warning cell broadcasting system to send public safety alerts including natural disasters, military threats, and other crises. The system sends messages that do not require recipient registration and can be received by all mobile phones within network coverage. Messages include Emergency Alerts and notifications about missing persons, floods, chemical spills, and other hazards. The system was delayed from its initially planned launch but is now operational with support from Latvia's Ministry of the Interior and State Fire and Rescue Service. It is designed for mass communication using cell broadcast technology and complements other alert channels. Residents are encouraged to keep their phones updated to receive these alerts timely.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-07-01T00:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "On Tuesday, 1 July, an early warning or cell broadcast system began operating in Latvia, LETA newswire writes.",
    "The Ministry of the Interior’s Information Centre signed a contract with the company TietoEvry Latvia.",
    "Cell broadcast messages can be received on mobile phones operating on all generations of mobile networks without the need for subscription or registration, as long as phones are within mobile network coverage.",
    "Cell broadcast messages include emergency situations such as Severe Alerts, Extreme Alerts, Missing Child Alerts, and End of Threat Alerts.",
    "Minister of the Interior Rihards Kozlovskis stated that the system will improve the public safety architecture and is a successful cooperation between the Ministry of the Interior and the State Fire and Rescue Service.",
    "The system had been planned for launch last year but was delayed; residents are encouraged to keep their phone operating systems updated to ensure receipt of alerts.",
    "The cell broadcast project cost was EUR 3.8 million, with EUR 2.9 million financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)."
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "evidence": [
          "On Tuesday, 1 July, an early warning or cell broadcast system began operating in Latvia, LETA newswire writes.",
          "The Ministry of the Interior’s Information Centre signed a contract with the company TietoEvry Latvia.",
          "Cell broadcast messages can be received on mobile phones operating on all generations of mobile networks without the need for subscription or registration, as long as phones are within mobile network coverage.",
          "Cell broadcast messages include emergency situations such as Severe Alerts, Extreme Alerts, Missing Child Alerts, and End of Threat Alerts.",
          "Minister of the Interior Rihards Kozlovskis stated that the system will improve the public safety architecture and is a successful cooperation between the Ministry of the Interior and the State Fire and Rescue Service.",
          "The system had been planned for launch last year but was delayed; residents are encouraged to keep their phone operating systems updated to ensure receipt of alerts.",
          "The cell broadcast project cost was EUR 3.8 million, with EUR 2.9 million financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)."
        ]
      }
    }
  },
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  "schema_version": "v1",
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  "url": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/02.07.2025-cell-broadcasting-system-starts-working-in-latvia.a605243/"
}

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  "tags": [],
  "url": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/02.07.2025-cell-broadcasting-system-starts-working-in-latvia.a605243/"
}