Shoppers filled the aisles. Then came a groan… and silence. In seconds, the roof gave way—burying dozens. 54 people were killed in Latvia’s worst peacetime disaster.

Now, there’s a fresh name joining the circuit: the inaugural Riga Art Week – RAW, as its punchy acronym suggests. While Riga’s contemporary art scene is more compact than its European counterparts, ...

News that struck some like a bolt from the blue and for others was a long-awaited decision: on October 30, 2025, the bronze figure of Field Marshal Michael Barclay de Tolly was dismantled from the ...