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Latvia Gears Up To Host Premier Student Science Competition
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 11. From September 15 to 20, Riga will become the hub for Europe's young scientists as it hosts the 36th European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS), Trend reports. This is the cream of...

Latvia Spotlights Disinformation Fight At AI Summit
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 11. On July 8, 2025, Latvia hosted a high-level panel discussion titled“What Proliferation of Artificial Intelligence Means for Information Integrity?” during the World Summit on the Information...
Latvia joins EU initiative to bolster trade with Ukraine by offering export guarantees
Latvia becomes one of ten EU countries participating in European push to support trade with Ukraine. Latvian development finance institution Altum joins the InvestEU Ukraine Export Credit Guarantee Facility. Backed by EIF, initiative to support as...

Testing begins of Latvian land and sea drones
A total of 14 developers registered in the market research study announced by the defence sector in the categories of remote-controlled land and sea systems. In the first round of practical demonstrations, five Latvian companies presented their...

“Rail Baltica” construction begins – first kilometers underway in Latvia
The implementation company of the “Rail Baltica” railway project in Latvia, SIA Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas (EDzL), and the mainline constructor ERB Rail have signed an agreement to start construction work, EDzL representatives report. Construction...

Is the retirement age of 70 suitable for Latvia? Welfare Minister explains
In Latvia, men live on average until the age of 70, and spend even fewer years in good health. Against this backdrop, is it reasonable to discuss raising the retirement age? While some countries, including Denmark, have already decided on...

More storm warnings issued for Friday in Latvia
An orange warning has been issued for thunderstorms with strong wind gusts of 20-24 metres per second, very heavy rain and possible hailstones. The warning is in effect from 13:00 to to 23:00 on Friday.A yellow (potential danger) weather warning...

Jelgava has Latvia's cleanest city air, according to European rankings
However, despite their geographical proximity to the leaders, the capitals of the Baltic states do slightly less well when it comes to their own air quality. Air quality in European capitals Photo: EEA Tallinn rates a highly creditable 4th place...

Inclusive recruitment idea for people with disabilities wins Latvian social hackathon
The concept involves adapting job ad language, interview formats, tasks, and the selection process to make them more accessible to people with special needs. Retailer Rimi has committed to developing the idea further and evaluating how it could be...

Rain and cool weather hamper rapeseed development in Latvia
The sowing of summer rapeseed has concluded across Latvia, but due to excessive moisture, not all planned areas were sown. However, the unsown areas account for a relatively small portion of the total planned area, Ģirts Ozols, Head of the...

Latvian fugitive killed in dramatic Lithuania shoot-out
The incident in southern Lithuania, in the Alytus district, involved Latvian citizen Viktors Konopeļkins, who died at the scene. The State Police received a call on Wednesday, July 9th, that people had been found dead in an apartment in Pļavnieki...

Thunderstorms, hail, and gusty winds – Latvia issues warning for dangerous weather conditions
Rain is expected in many parts of the country overnight, with heavy showers in some regions and even very heavy rainfall expected in the southern parts of the country, according to the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre....

Latvian police catch beauty salon stick-up artist
On June 30, during the day, an unknown man entered a pharmacy in central Riga and demanded money from the pharmacist, threatening to kill him if he did not. The pharmacist gave the man 70 euros, after which he left the scene. The next day, July 1,...

Latvia Trade Deficit Widens In May
Latvia's foreign trade gap increased in May from a year ago, as imports grew faster than exports, preliminary data from the statistical office showed on Thursday. The trade deficit dropped to EUR 300.8 million in May from EUR 222.7 million in the...

New book tells 'remarkable' wartime story of Latvian men who came to Bradford
Escape from Berlin, written by author and former BBC documentary maker Vincent Hunt, follows the journey of Latvian soldiers who fled Berlin in 1945 and later settled in the UK, including Bradford, after the Second World War. Mr Hunt said: "I am...

Latvian citizen killed in Lithuania shootout suspected of double murder in Riga’s Pļavnieki district
The Latvian citizen Viktor Konopeļkins, who was involved in a shootout and later died in Lithuania today, is suspected of murdering a woman and a young man earlier this week in the Pļavnieki district of Riga, the LETA news agency has learned....

Construction Contract In Latvia (Augstkalni Wind Farm Foundations, Electrical Cables And Roads)
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) On 10 July 2025 PS MB.MS, a joint venture entity of UAB Merko Statyba and SIA Merko Būve, both fully owned subsidiaries of AS Merko Ehitus group, and SIA WPR 2, a fully owned subsidiary of SIA Zaļā Elektrība,...

Latvia Throws Its Hat In Ring For Albania's Journey Toward EU Membership
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 10. On July 9, Albanian Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Igli Hasani paid a working visit to Riga, where he met with Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Baiba Braže, Trend reports. The...

US Navy and Latvian EOD Experts Work to Clear Shipwreck
US Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians joined forces with the Latvian Navy Diving Unit to remove unexploded ordnance from the wreck of the World War II–era German cargo ship Ilmenau off Liepaja. The operation, part of the BALTOPS 25...

Storm warning for tonight and Friday in Latvia
The Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre (LVĢMC) has issued yellow warnings (potential danger) for storms and high water levels acoss the north of the country and orange warnings (danger) across the south. Tonight and into Friday...