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Is the newly released Soviet-era archive a real record of collaboration or a time bomb planted by agents as the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991?

The "mass outflow" of Emergency Medical *Service* (NMPD) staff has been stopped, Raita Krišjane, deputy head of the NMPD Riga regional center told the press ...

Authorities in Latvia have confiscated two tons of cocaine with a street value of a billion euros ($1.15 billion), the largest seizure ever in the Baltic country.

Former Slovenia boss Slavisa Stojanovic is set to take over as Latvia coach before the start of their European Championship qualifying campaign, sources close ...

One of the most notable chapters in Latvia's newest history was written in January 1991 – the barricades period, when Latvian residents commemorate the ...

According to local media, some 1300 of the inhabitants of Valka, the Latvian border town just across from Valga on the Estonian side, are already registered as ...

Latvia's financial regulator, the Financial and Capital Markets Commission (FKTK) has launched a dedicated section on its website to try to help Latvian ...

For many the appearance of their names, code names and dates of recruitment in the recently released KGB documents has come as a traumatic surprise.

Shortly before Christmas, the National Archives of Latvia presented an unpleasant gift to the country's ruling elite: a full alphabetical index of some 10,000 ...

The forming coalition in Latvia may consider proposals from the opposition and even support the more constructive of them, said prime minister candidate ...

After the windiest and snowiest week, as anticyclone activity increases, weather in Latvia will become more stable – it will become drier and considerably colder.

Several dozen people have had their right to reside in Latvia rescinded and their temporary residence permits removed, according to the Office of Citizenship ...

RIGA - On January 17 in Geneva, Switzerland, the Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Janis Mazeiks, together with his counterparts from ...

December 26 looks like being a pleasant day's holiday across most of Latvia.

Latvia has won a World Cup luge gold medal for the first time, taking a team relay victory.

The Latvian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been ordered to halt the EUR200 million (USD228 million) procurement of the Finnish-built Sisu Auto GTP for its ...

RIGA, Jan 14 (LETA) – The flu epidemics has been declared in Latvia starting from January 15, ,the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC) reported.

RIGA, January 12. /TASS/. A rally against social inequality was held in the Latvian capital of Riga on Saturday, bringing together several hundreds of protesters, ...

With U.S. born politician Krišjanis Karinš the latest person in the frame to become Latvia's next prime minister, attention is focused once again on the political ...

A new "Ambassador-at-Large for the Diaspora" has been appointed, with a brief to communicate with Latvia's large overseas population - and perhaps persuade ...

Latvia's president nominated a new candidate for prime minister, a third stab at forming a government since inconclusive elections three months ago.

Riga (AFP). A former prime minister, the current Supreme Court chief justice and a late Catholic cardinal are among Latvians who collaborated with the KGB ...

Latvian aviation services provider FBO Riga has partnered with international business aviation MRO Jet Flight *Service* to establish an Embraer Executive ...

Discover Stone Head of Salaspils in Riga, Latvia: This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.

Latvia's Defense Ministry reported that January 9 a change in the top brass of NATO's enhanced forward presence in Latvia took place. Lieutenant-Colonel ...

Latvian stands have proven to be very popular at traditional Christmas markets in Germany this winter, reports Latvian Radio.

Newly released archive files in Latvia show that a former prime minister and the current Supreme Court chief justice are among those who collaborated with the ...

Latvia's president nominated Krisjanis Karins of the center-right New Unity party for the post of prime minister on Monday in the country's third attempt to form a ...

Since the first batch of Latvia's KGB documents were published on the Internet, a number of individuals have turned to courts, wishing to prove that they did not ...

The Latvian National Archives have published the first part of a document trove of the former Soviet secret police - the KGB - that was discovered at the time ...

Latvian forward Rudolfs Balcers scored his first NHL goal in his second career game on January 6, yet the Ottawa Senators lost to the Carolina Hurricanes 4:5 ...

An early start to this winter's ski season due to plenty of snow in December is raising hopes that this could be one of the best and longest for years.

Why does Latvia need to be a member of the European Union (EU) and NATO? For a full belly and protection, and for a Brussels you can blame for all your ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden's Olympic Committee says it has filed a bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics with the luge competitions to be ...

Previous two attempts to form government have failed.

The National Bank of Latvia's chief economist, Olegs Krasnopjorovs, has said that the country's economy has performed better than expected and grew by over ...

RIGA – Establishment of the euro area, despite the difficulties it has faced, should be viewed as a success story, and also Latvia's five years in the euro area ...

The weekend of January 19-20 will be not too cold, but next week will bring some serious chills, according to forecasters.

In the first eleven months of 2018, 17800 children were born in Latvia, which is almost one and a half thousand fewer than during the same period last year, and ...

No major objections have been voiced so far against transport minister candidate Talis Linkaits' proposal on reforming ports as state capital associations.

Protesters in Latvia at the weekend became the latest of numerous different groups to adopt the yellow jackets first seen in Paris, France.

Latvia's banking watchdog has fined BlueOrange Bank 1.2 million euros for violating anti-money laundering and terrorism financing rules, it said on Friday.

The Procurement Monitoring Bureau (IUB), Latvia's procurement watchdog, has banned the Defense Ministry from signing a €200m agreement on purchase of ...

Latvia's President Raimonds Vejonis nominated Krisjanis Karins, the leader of New Unity, the smallest party in the atomised Latvian parliament, as the new ...

Martins Dukurs, Janine Flock win World Cup races and European titles in skeleton.

January 18, 2019. The following is a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: On 18 January 2019, the Foreign Ministry's Parliamentary Secretary, ...

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Latvian carrier airBaltic is branching outs its in-house maintenance operations, adding Airbus A220 C checks at its Riga home base and setting up a new ...

Latvia was wrong to have suspended its central bank chief from his job over bribery allegations, an EU jurist has said, as Europe struggles to clamp down on ...

Four months after its election, Sweden is finally poised to get a new government. Stefan Lofven is almost certain to remain prime minister, even though his party ...

Macedonian authorities are seeking cross-border help to gather evidence on a 1.7-million euro theft from local bank safe deposit boxes by an international gang ...

Latvia's prime minister defended the decision to publish files on informers for the Soviet secret police after the release revealed previously unknown information ...

With the start of a new semester, several of Norman's art spaces and museums have announced their upcoming exhibitions. Here's a list of everything you can ...

Former Daugavpils Mayor Andrejs Elksninš (Harmony party) was again elected mayor of Latvia's second-largest city on January 17.

The Latvian National Archives has released the first batch of files from the the former Soviet secret police, the KGB. Some Latvians have welcomed the release, ...

A couple of years ago, former anti-graft official and current New Conservative Party MP Juris Jurašs announced that he'd been offered a €1m bribe to use his ...

The most injury-besieged program on USF's campus finally has caught a timely break. Heralded 5-foot-11 Latvian recruit Luize Septe, who signed with the Bulls ...

The police of the Latvian city of Liepaja said there have been heated conflicts between students of Russian and Latvian schools based on their nationalities, ...

European Commission approves renewable energy support package to Lithuania worth EUR 1.24 billion in push for energy autonomy.

That Kristaps Porzingis did not travel across the pond to be a New York Knicks ambassador on their London sojourn is a good sign for those wanting to see him ...

More than a third of Riga's population is Russian; the rest are Latvian, Lithuanian, Belarusian, Polish and Ukrainian. Russian often serves as a linguistic ...

A pro-Russia party won the most votes in Latvia's general election on Saturday, but it could still be kept out of a new coalition government. The Harmony party ...

Small, green and beautiful, Riga is big on architectural styles, from art deco to rococo, and edgy art spaces that are currently hosting the city's first biennale.

New York (CNN Business) Facebook removed hundreds of pages on Thursday it said posed as independent news sites in eastern Europe and elsewhere but ...

In Owen Phillips' article on The Ringer, he details the top ten NBA players 'who are actually the most overlooked relative to their production” by determining a ...

In a comic book produced by the organisation Latvian Literature for the recent London Book Fair, the main character gives a rare smile on realising that the ...

Moscow is playing close attention to the fate of Russians in Europe.

Latvians have been marking the centenary of their independence with festivities across the country including music concerts, military parades, and fireworks.

Latvia is aware of the EU's beneficial role to both its economy and security and will likely remain a reliable and stable partner within the Union.

General cargo ship RIX EMERALD ran aground on Landskrona approach, Oresund, Sweden, at around 0545 UTC Jan 15, on arrival from Aarhus Denmark.

RIGA — Last September, school children weren't the only ones headed back to class in Latvia. The end of the summer vacation also saw some 3,500 ...

Pope Francis is visiting St. James's Cathedral in Riga, Latvia on September 24 where he will address the elderly among others. Fr. Pauls Klavins of ...

In cooperation with the Satori.lv magazine, we present another of the pieces which appeared in the final installment of the Centenary magazine, paid for by the ...

On day 3 of his 4-day apostolic visit to the Baltic nations, Pope Francis Monday evening concluded his day-long visit to Latvia, celebrating Mass at ...

Pope Francis has laid flowers at the monument to Latvian independence in Riga, on the second leg of a Baltic regional tour. Latvian President Raimonds ...

After meeting with Latvia's state and civil authorities, and members of the diplomatic corps, Pope Francis visits the Freedom Monument in Riga, in ...

Two Colchester County soldiers are now back from a six-month tour of Latvia. This is what they saw.

Here's a selection of the most important events for celebrating the centenary of Latvia, as provided by the kurpes.lv event platform.

Ilmars Rimševics, the governor of the Latvian central bank, had been enjoying the start of his vacation in Spain when a buzzing phone interrupted his dinner.

A century after it first became an independent country, Latvia is still grappling with identity issues surrounding it's decades of Soviet rule.

Canada's Bianca Andreescu was eliminated from the Australian Open on Thursday, dropping her second-round match 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 to Anastasija Sevastova of ...

RIGA'S central market, a bustling mosaic of stalls in the shadow of a Stalin-era skyscraper, is a testament to Latvia's economic success. But, shopping there ...

Latvian rookie Rodions Kurucs is a modern dream: a 3-and-D wing in the body of a small-ball center. His unique skill set gives structure to a Nets team that might ...

RIGA, Latvia -- On a crisp autumn afternoon, rays of sunlight pierced the overcast, hitting shades of red, white, and blue with stunning vibrancy as they passed ...

It has been a memorable twenty-four hours in Latvia with a fine selection of sights and sounds to feed future memories. One of the undoubted highlights must be ...

On 25 July 2018 the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) received a request for assistance to fight large forest and turf fires in ...

This is the last Thing of Latvia. Looking back, we have written about more than 30 different Things of Latvia. Some have proved popular, some not. Some have ...

We need EU-wide solution to prevent illicit funds moving from one jurisdiction to next.

Harmony group is unlikely to be in government despite result of parliamentary poll.

There are around 1400 NATO soldiers (excluding Latvia's own forces) serving in Latvia as of July 27, and the number is expected to further increase.

The Saeima Foreign Affairs Committee on October 20 reached agreement on a definition of what constitutes Latvia's "diaspora" to be included in the Diaspora ...

My home country, Latvia, is celebrating 100 years of (relative) independence this weekend, November 18th, so beg you to indulge me and join me in wishing ...

On October 6, Latvians will elect a new parliament, and the results of these elections will have consequences beyond the borders of this Baltic state, as they ...

Pope Francis in Riga, Latvia, the second stop on his three-nation Apostolic Journey to the Baltic States.

European countries have failed to address financial crime and it is time to take action, the Latvian finance minister told CNBC Wednesday.

RIGA, Dec 6 (LETA) – Denmark is important Latvia's partneri n defense and regional security, said Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis during the official visit of ...

Latvian Radio has been broadcasting since 1925. However, early on from its inception it had to become a mouthpiece for the powers that be, with its history ...

Riga (AFP). Latvia on Thursday rejected the United Nations migration pact set to be adopted next month, following similar moves by several other European ...

Riga - Latvia must do more to enforce its laws against financial crimes, a European monitoring body said on Thursday, in a report published in the wake of the ...

Prime Ministerial nominee Aldis Gobzems of the KPV LV political party took to social media early on December 4 to inform the public that talks with the For ...