(MENAFN) The Latvian government has officially sanctioned modifications to its legislation concerning assistance to Ukrainian refugees, cutting the support budget by more than one-third and significantly reducing several existing benefits. Latvia,...
(MENAFN) The Latvian government has approved amendments to its refugee support law, significantly reducing financial assistance for Ukrainians and cutting several benefits. Latvia — one of Kiev’s strongest allies within the EU and home to at least...
RIGA, Latvia, Oct. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Latvian AI company Tilde has unveiled TildeOpen LLM, an open-source large language model trained on Europe’s flagship supercomputer LUMI. With 30 billion parameters, TildeOpen outperforms global...
VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Immigrant Invest, a leading consulting company in investment migration, has announced that Latvia’s Golden Visa now stands out as one of the strongest alternatives to Greece for American...
Latvian national, Oleg Chistyakov, aka Olegs Čitsjakovs, 56, pleaded guilty today for his role in a years-long conspiracy to circumvent U.S. export laws by filing false export forms with the U.S. government and, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...
Latvian AI company Tilde has unveiled TildeOpen LLM, an open-source large language model trained on Europe’s flagship supercomputer LUMI. RīGA, LATVIA, October 16, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- With 30 billion parameters, TildeOpen outperforms...
(MENAFN) A senior Russian lawmaker likened Latvian officials to Nazi Germany on Friday after Riga ordered the deportation of 841 Russian pensioners for failing a mandatory language test. Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of Russia’s State Duma, said the...
MACAU, October 19 - Sanctioned by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), organized by the Sports Bureau and StarMac Entertainment Production Limited, and co-organized by the Macau-China Basketball Association and Chaiioi Sports Company...
(MENAFN) Annual inflation across the eurozone edged higher to 2.2% in September, up from 2.0% in August, according to final figures published Friday by Eurostat, the European Union's statistics agency. The reading aligns with earlier forecasts and...
Eleving Group, the international Riga-based fintech listed on the Frankfurt and Baltic stock exchanges, has raised €275mn through a public bond issue that drew almost twice as much investor demand as the company sought, the company said in a...
In brief Europol has taken down a cybercrime network that provided SIM cards to fraudsters in over 80 countries. Criminal activity facilitated by the network resulted in losses above $5 million in Austria, while authorities seized $330,000 in...
Baku, October 21, AZERTAC “Latvia and Azerbaijan can achieve mutual benefits in the ICT sector,” said Katrīna Zariņa, newly appointed Chair of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), at the “Central Baltic - Azerbaijan Business Forum...
RIGA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Latvia is developing its first coastal fishing vessel powered by electricity and hydrogen, public broadcaster LR1 reported Tuesday. Andrejs Zvaigzne, a leading researcher at Riga Technical University (RTU), said that...
On Tuesday, 21 October, the Latvian Health and Social Care Workers' Trade Union (LVSADA) decided to express no confidence in Health Minister Hosams Abu Meri (New Unity) and the Ministry of Health, said Valdis Keris, head of the trade union, in an...
On Tuesday, 21 October, the government approved the extension of the participation of the Latvian National Armed Forces (NBS) in the NATO international operation in Kosovo until 31 December 2027. The final word on the extension of the mission is...
Photo: Laura Celmiņa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs "Latvia and Azerbaijan can achieve mutual benefits in the ICT sector," said Katrīna Zariņa, the newly appointed Chair of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), during the "Central...
Central Statistical Bureau data, published on 21 October, show that in September 2025, industrial producer prices in Latvia rose by 1.4 % compared with September 2024 and by 0.1 % compared with August 2025. The year-on-year price level for the...
At night from Monday to Tuesday, the State Police stopped a car driven by a 13-year-old, the police said. At night, police officers spotted a Škoda on Brīvības Street in Riga, where the driver did not comply with police requests and did not stop...
An international law enforcement operation in Latvia has brought down a major cybercrime-as-a-service network. Seven suspects were arrested, most of them Latvian nationals. The coordinated action, codenamed SIMCARTEL, took place on 10 October....
