• July 16, 2025
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Riga named as affordable destination for short European trips

The UK’s Post Office Travel Money 2025 study, as published in the Financial Times, shows Riga to be the most affordable destination for short trips in Europe, LETA learned at [..]

Riga public transportation company to buy new buses

The Riga public transport company Rigas Satiksme is planning to purchase 120 new buses, the company told the LETA news agency. The company has launched market analysis in preparation of [..]

Robbery in Riga Old Town poses questions about security

A robbery at a wristwatch shop in the Old Town of Riga has not suggested that there is an increase in overall crime in the country, but it does beg [..]

New “KALVE Espresso Room” in Riga Old Town

With an investment of approximately 90,000 euros, AS Kalve Coffee will open the doors of a new “KALVE Espresso Room” concept café/store on March 21 – located in the heart [..]

Riga considering purchase of forestland

Riga Mayor Vilnis Kirsis has instructed the city’s executive director, Janis Lange, to talk to the municipal forest management company Riga Forests about the possibility of buying some of the [..]

Riga has lost its leading position among the Baltic capitals in number of overnight stays of foreign guests

Riga, which used to be the leader among the Baltic capitals in the number of overnight stays by foreign guests, has now lost this position and is now in second [..]

Tickets go on sale next week for the 2025 Eurobasket tournament in Riga

Tickets for the 2025 European Basketball Championships (Eurobasket 2025) matches in Riga will go on sale next Tuesday, the Latvian Basketball Association (LBS) informs. On August 27, tickets will go [..]

EUR 450,000 to be invested in Riga startup hub

Over the next three years, EUR 450,000 will be invested to develop a startup hub in Riga, the Riga Investment and Tourism Agency’s (RITA) representative Martins Pakalnins informed LETA. RITA [..]

Reconstruction of Great Guild Hall in Riga gets under way

Reconstruction of Great Guild Hall in Riga, which houses the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, has got under way by Rere Meistari company, the project is overseen by Valsts Nekustamie Ipasumi [..]

Riga public transport will be free of charge on Midsummer

During Midsummer holidays on June 23-24, Riga public transport will be free of charge, and there will be additional public transport provided, Rigas Satiksme municipal public transport company informed LETA. [..]

Riga’s population drops by 4,600 as influx of Ukrainian refugees slows down

As the influx of Ukrainian refugees slows down, the population of Riga decreased by 4,600 people last year, according to the Riga City Council’s public report for 2023. At the [..]

Number of tourists in Riga might grow 15% this year – Riga Investment and Tourism Agency

Riga could receive 15 percent more visitors this year than last year, when 1.2 million foreign visitors arrived in the Latvian capital, Ieva Lasmane, the head of the tourism department [..]

NATO Secretary General in Riga: Latvia leads by example

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with President Edgars Rinkēvičs in Riga on Tuesday (11 June 2024), praising Latvia for its many contributions as a NATO Ally over 20 years. He [..]

Riga to have three Blue Flag beaches this year

This year, the Blue Flag will fly at three Riga beaches: Vecaki, Vakarbulli and, for the first time, Babelitis, confirming the beaches’ compliance with international environmental quality standards, as Riga [..]

Riga Set to Host the Premier Deep Tech Industry Conference – Deep Tech Atelier 2024

On May 16th and 17th, 2024, Riga will host the most prominent Deep Tech industry gathering in the Baltics, “Deep Tech Atelier 2024.” Now in its sixth edition, this event [..]

Lux Express to launch night-time bus service between Tartu, Riga

Estonian bus operator Lux Express is launching a night-time bus service between Tartu and Riga from May 1. Every day, a bus departs from Tartu at 11:55 p.m., bringing passengers [..]

Spain plans to join Riga-based NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

The Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday approved a memorandum of understanding on the Spanish Defense Ministry’s plan to join the Riga-based NATO Strategic Communication Centre of Excellence. The Spanish Defense [..]

Big Cleanup in Riga will take place in more than 750 locations

This year’s Big Cleanup in Riga will take place in more than 750 locations, the annual campaign’s spokeswoman Anna Blaua told LETA. One of the central cleanup sites in Riga [..]

Lux Express applies to provide shuttle service between Riga Airport and city center

International passenger carrier Lux Express on Tuesday submitted to the Road Transport Administration a request to add the Riga Center-Riga Airport route to the list of commercial bus routes of [..]

NetZero Pilot Cities CO2 reduction project to be implemented in Riga from May 1

From May 1, Riga City Municipality will participate in the NetZero Pilot Cities project together with several other European cities with the aim to promote reduction of CO2 emission in [..]

Riga recognized as most dynamically developing city at CEE Business Services Summit & Awards ceremony

Riga has been awarded the title of the Most Dynamically Developing City at the 12th annual CEE Business Services Summit & Awards ceremony that took place in Warsaw, as Riga [..]

Farmers to join forest owners’ protest in Riga next week

Farmers will join the protest Latvia’s forest owners and timber industry representatives are planning to stage outside the government house in Riga on next week, representatives of the nongovernment organization [..]

Installation of new gas heating systems in Riga will no longer be approved from 2026

The installation of new gas heating equipment in Riga will no longer be approved from 2026, according to the regulations approved today by the Housing and Environment Committee of the [..]

Tallinn ranks 17th in global quality of life index; Vilnius at 36th and Riga at 88th

Tallinn, Estonia’s capital city, has landed in 17th place among 195 cities worldwide in the Numbeo 2024 Quality of Life Index category. The category assesses various factors affecting quality of [..]

Trucks banned from Riga center

Trucks will be banned from the center of Riga, as Riga City Council’s External Communications Department informed LETA. From now on, trucks will not be allowed on Akmens (Stone) Bridge, [..]

Malaga, Riga, London were Air Baltic’s most popular destinations from Estonia in November

For passengers flying out of Tallinn, the most popular flight destinations of Air Baltic in November were Malaga, Riga and London. Interest in these destinations was high among leisure and [..]

Bus traffic in Riga delayed for up to an hour amid heavy snowfall

Passenger buses in Riga are running up to 60 minutes late on Thursday due to heavy snowfall, Baiba Bartasevica-Feldmane, a spokeswoman for Rigas Satiksme municipal transport company, informed LETA. On [..]

Parking fees could be raised in the center of Riga

Dzineta Innusa, CEO at Riga municipal public transport company Rigas Satiksme, is not ruling out that parking fees could be increased in Riga. Parking fees could be raised in the [..]

Vilnius-Riga passenger train to be launched next year – minister

A passenger train between Vilnius and Riga will start running early next year, Lithuanian Transport and Communications Minister Marius Skuodis says, adding that the train will go via Siauliai, and [..]

Riga annuls 139 gambling permits

The Riga City Council last night made the decision to annul 139 gambling permits. Alfor company will have the largest number of permits cancelled – 41 in 25 gambling halls, [..]

Riga plans to cut tourist tax

Members of the Riga City Council Financial and Administration Affairs committee on Thursday endorsed the proposal to reduce the tax charged to hotels and other tourist accommodation services providers in [..]

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Finland also looking at scope for prison rental agreement with Estonia

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Human rights violations in Dubai, Central African Republic and Syria

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Estonia to test pocket siren technology in Tallinn, Pärnu and Rakvere on Wednesday

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