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Latvian smitten as Baltic country toasts its centenary

Latvians are being urged to toast the country’s centenary ... by wearing special mittens.

18/11/2018

Latvia

From war port to artistic hub: The transformation of Latvia’s Karosta

Artists from Latvia are helping to turn a troubled port neighbourhood long viewed as a place of imprisonment into a hub of creative freedom.

14/11/2018

Earth News

Up-cycling, fashion history, and Stalinist architecture in Riga

A journey through Latvian fashion, history and architecture, past and present, during Riga Fashion Week.

07/11/2018

The Cube

Latvia warns against spread of fake spider news

Police in Riga are on the hunt for an unidentified individual, who has been putting up posters that consist of false information about an infestation of poisonous spiders in the Latvian capital

31/07/2018

World News

Euroviews. It is time for small states to start thinking big | View

Though, many of Trump’s policies seem to be aimed at large states, it is small states that perhaps have the most to lose from Trump’s policies.

20/07/2018

Latvia

Children go native as Latvian schools say 'Nē' to Russian

A war of linguistics erupts in Riga as government plans to move schools to teach only in Latvian meet with disdain from Russian speaking parents

20/07/2018

Estonia

Rail Baltica: how Brexit is casting doubt over €5.8bn Estonia-Poland train line

It’s a €5.8 billion Baltics rail link that has been described as the most important project for Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia since their independence. But the scheme’s CEO has admitted there are no guarantees over its future financing.

12/04/2018

Latvia

Why Latvia is one of Europe's most dangerous countries to drive in

Road traffic deaths have gone down in Latvia in recent years — but the Baltic state's roads remain the most deadly compared to most European countries. Euronews explains why

22/02/2018

World News

The world is 'failing' newborn babies — UNICEF

Infants from the best places to be born are up to 50 times more likely to die in the first month of life

19/02/2018

Latvia

Latvia Central Bank governor detained by anti-graft agency

There are calls for Ilmars Rimsevics to temporarily step down from his post while an inquiry takes place.

18/02/2018

Bulgaria

The world’s fastest-falling populations 'will be in eastern Europe'

Bulgaria is estimated to shrink the most over the coming decades, but a host of other countries in eastern Europe are also in the firing line: Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine, Croatia, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia, Poland and Hungary.

26/01/2018

Latvia

The new Latvian cuisine heroes

We travel to Latvia to meet exciting fresh talents transforming Riga and region in a culinary hotspot.

18/12/2017

World News

Zapad 2017: what you need to know about Belarus and Russia's military exercises

This week Russia and Belarus are conducting drills that have worried Nato members.

15/09/2017

World News

Europe ups defence spending for first time in seven years

Europe’s spending on defence has edged up for the first time in seven years, new figures have revealed, amid fears of Russian aggression in the Baltics.

25/05/2017

Russia

How illicit Russian money was allegedly siphoned into EU and beyond

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22/03/2017

Latvia

Davis seeks to ease migrants' post-Brexit fears

Britain has moved to assure Latvians living in the UK that it will guarantee their rights after it pulls out of the EU.

21/02/2017

Estonia

Biden reaffirms US commitment to NATO's Article 5 in Baltics

US Vice President Joe Biden has underlined the United States’ commitment to NATO’s mutual defence guarantee, Article 5.

23/08/2016

Latvia

We will respond to NATO Baltics activity, says Russia

A convoy of US military vehicles arrived in Latvia on Monday after starting a tactical march from Germany as part of a military exercise, reported Reuters news…

06/06/2016

Sport

Gajser scores fourth Motocross season win in Latvia

Rough and tumble in Latvia where brutal racing conditions sorted out the men from the boys in the FIM Motocross Grand Prix. It was the sixth round in

02/05/2016

Latvia

Latvian Prime Minister resigns

The Prime Minister of Latvia has resigned. Laimdota Straujuma has blamed political squabbles in her centre-right governing coalition and

07/12/2015