- February 12, 2026
Prime Minister Evika Silina (New Unity) is surprised by the lack of information of previous governments on the development of the Rail Baltica project, but also sees the responsibility of [..]
The Saeima today sent for committee review government approved draft amendments to the Road Traffic Law introducing a requirement for foreign motorists to declare vehicles that are registered in third [..]
The production of Karvutė (Latvian: Gotina) candy, which was very popular decades ago, is gaining momentum in the Baltics again. The Latvians are leading in this area, but Lithuanian producers [..]
The Innovation Club of Latvia, Germany, Estonia and Lithuania has urged the European Commission (EC) to enhance the digital identity system, Latvian Environmental Protection and Regional Development Minister Inga Berzina [..]
The prosecutor of the Riga Regional Court has asked former Latvijas Dzelzcels (Latvian Railways; LDz) CEO Ugis Magonis and Estonian businessman Oleg Ossinovski, who are standing trial in Latvia on [..]
Latvia needs to improve fiscal policy, reform the tax system, improve public sector capacity and attract investment to boost growth, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has concluded [..]
Estonia and Latvia are to study the potential for producing sustainable, meaning more environmentally friendly, aviation fuels in the Baltic Sea region, with the European Commission allocating 200,000 euros to [..]
A Latvian national involved in a fraudulent cannabis investment scheme could be extradited to Spain, LETA learned. A joint investigation conducted by several European law enforcement authorities, supported by Europol [..]
In January-March 2024 first-time registration of passenger cars in Latvia dropped 10.8 percent year-on-year, with 12,797 automobiles registered for the first time during that period, according to the information from [..]
Unlawful and uneconomical actions in organizing special flights of former Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins (New Unity) have caused unjustified expenses of about EUR 545,000 for the budgets of Latvia and [..]
Latvian citizens will be able to vote at 38 polling stations located abroad during the European Parliament (EP) elections in June, according to information published in the official government gazette [..]
The combined economy of the three Baltic States has not grown since the beginning of 2022. However, according to the changes in gross domestic product (GDP) the paths that the [..]
Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins’ (New Unity) resignation is a decision worthy of a “respectable and responsible statesman”, taken to prevent opponents from using the situation for attacks on Prime Minister [..]
In 2023, Latvian new passenger car registration rose 10.6 percent against 2022, with 21,146 new vehicles registered, the Latvian Auto Association informed. Registration of new light passenger cars rose 10.4 [..]
The newly appointed Director General of the State Revenue Service Baiba Smite-Roke said in an interview with commercial TV3 television today legal income of 126,000 people in Latvia does not [..]
Latvia’s performance on the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI), released by Transparency International, has improved over the past two years, but the progress has been slow and Latvia still lags [..]
In the first 11 months of 2023, Latvia’s export of wooden furniture decreased by 22.3 percent year-on-year, with the largest number of wooden furniture still sold in Denmark, according to [..]
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