Esther Sans, the daughter of political refugees from Latvia, went off to kindergarten five decades ago in Ohio barely knowing any English – but now she knows better than anyone how to power the human ...

Question: I have a lot of reasons to change name and surname in latvia. Is it possible? Answer: According to the Law on the change of a given name, surname and nationality record, a person who is a ...

1 July, councilmen from the recently-elected Riga City Council voted in Nils Usakovs (Harmony Center) as Riga mayor. 37 councilmen voted for Usakovs, whilst 21 city councilmen voted for the other ...

The Board of the Financial and Capital Market Commission (hereinafter – the FCMC) during an extraordinary meeting overnight adopted a decision on the occurrence of unavailability of deposits at ABLV ...

Even though local freight increased this year by 11.7% (11.5 million tonnes were transported), yet international cargo volumes fell by 9% (24 million tonnes were transported). Saulius Stasiunas, ...

On November 21.11.2013 Maxima shopping center roof collapsed in Riga, Latvia causing deaths and international news. While the rescue work and cleaning of the site is still ongoing, the causes of the ...

The fact that Ventspils millionaires – Olafs Berkis, Olegs Stepanovs, Igors Skoks and Genadijs Sevcovs – have been elected into Ventspils Nafta Supervisory Council clearly shows that the international ...

German companies perceive first signs of recovery First signs of recovery are also traceable in the perceptions of German companies regarding the prospective economic situation in the Baltic States.

Ivars Slokenbergs was elected as Chairman of the Board and President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia at the Board meeting on March 23, 2010.

The Latvian State Police has published on its website a list of those killed in the collapse of the Maxima shopping center near Zolitūde in Riga. The list consists of 54 victims, there are no children ...

According to a survey, which purpose was to clarify what eye color the people of Latvia have, turned out that the most common eye color among citizens of Latvia is bluish-grey. The research, which was ...

Possibilities of cargo transportation by ferries between Kaliningrad and Leningrad regions bypassing Lithuania receive more and more favorable assessment in Russia, the sea news portal Jura reports.