President Levits will go to Davos
Latvia - Latvian President Egils Levits will be among the attendees at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, it was announced January 16....
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Latvian PM Kariņš visits Belarus
Latvia - Latvan Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš made the short trip across the eastern border to Belarus January 16 for meetings with his Belarusian counterpar...
Latvian Saeima asks Danish parliament to help with Misāne extradition case
Latvia - The Latvian parliament (Saeima) on January 16 asked its Danish counterpart and law enforcement agencies to help find a solution to prevent the extradi...
Latvia to send 50,000 euros to Australia to help victims of bush fires
Latvia - The Latvian government will donate 50,000 euros to international efforts to respond to catastrophic wildfires in Australia, the Ministry of Foreign Af...
Once again, Latvia calls for India to open an embassy in Rīga
Latvia - On 14 January in New Delhi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, met with the Minister of External Affairs of India, Subrahman...
Latvia diplomat Juhansone slated to become top European Commission civil servant
Latvia - Two Commission officials told Politico that acting secretary-general Ilze Juhansone will be officially appointed as permanent secretary-general of the...
Latvian diplomat Juhansone to be top European Commission civil servant
Latvia - Two European Commission (EC) officials have told the Politico news portal that acting secretary-general Ilze Juhansone will be officially appointed as...
Saulkrasti spends 5000 euros updating logo
Latvia - The hurried acceptance of a new Saulkrasti logo by the municipal council, without a public tender competition, has raised several questions, according...
Saulkrasti spends 5,000 euros updating logo
Latvia - The hurried introduction of a new Saulkrasti logo by the municipal council, without a public tender competition, has raised several questions, accordi...
Video: Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó's press conference in Rīga
Latvia - On 10 January 2020 in Riga, the Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edgars Rinkēvičs, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, ...
40,000 Latvians still believed to be "unregistered" in UK
Latvia - Latvian officials suspect that around 40,000 Latvian citizens of an estimated 117,000 who currently live and work in the United Kingdom have yet to re...
Latvian MP Kaiminš cold-shouldered by KPV LV party he founded
Latvia - Maverick member of parliament Artuss Kaiminš was shown the door by the very party he founded and led to spectacular electoral success January 8....
Latvian Prime Minister Krisjānis Kariņš gives his 2020 thoughts
Latvia - While the speech of Latvia's state president is generally the one give most regard, in recent years it has been preceded by some timely thoughts from ...
President Levits delivers New Year message to Latvia
Latvia - Latvian State President Egils Levits delivered his first New Year message in office minutes before 2020 clicked into existence, with a speech that cri...
December ratings make grim viewing for Latvia's political parties
Latvia - The last of the year's regular polls conducted by the SKDS esearch center for Latvian Television in December shows a slight increase in the Harmony pa...
Gobzems scorches to top of Saeima speakers' leader board
Latvia - Independent Saeima deputy Aldis Gobzems - who a year ago was briefly a nominee to become Prime Minister - spoke in parliament more times than anyone ...
Saeima supports dissolution of Rīga City Council
Latvia - On Thursday, December 19, the Saeima conceptually endorsed a draft law to dismiss the Riga City Council, which provides for the dissolution of the Cit...
Sanctions lifted on Ventspils port by U.S. Treasury
Latvia - A frantic day of legislating in the Latvian Saeima appeared to have paid off, at least in the short term, December 18 with the Ventspils port apparent...
Saeima debating dissolution of Rīga City Council
Latvia - An extraordinary session of the Latvian parliament, the Saeima, has been called for December 18 as the government continues its push to dissolve Rīga ...
Saeima debating dissolution of Rīga City Council, more port law changes
Latvia - An extraordinary session of the Latvian parliament, the Saeima, has been called for December 18 as the government continues its push to dissolve Rīga ...
Watch: Baltic Presidents help out at Latvian charity marathon
Latvia - Latvian President Egils Levits played host to his counterparts from Estonia and Lithuania at Rīga Castle December 17. ...
National Alliance reelects current leader Raivis Dzintars
Latvia - Current National Alliance (NA) leader Raivis Dzintars was reelected at the party union congress on December 14, according to Latvian Television's “Pan...
U.S. ambassador talks San Diego with Rīga mayor Burovs
Latvia - Riga mayor Oļegs Burovs met with recently-intstalled United States Ambassador to Latvia John L. Carwile December 16 with the sun-kissed Californian ci...
Re:Baltica reveals more questionable links of Latvian nationalists
Latvia - The award-winning Re:Baltica investigative journalism team have uncovered more links between one of the parties in Latvia's ruling coalition and forei...