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The terrifying crimes of the Latvian KGB
The Spectator
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July 6, 2025
For a gateway into hell, the innocuous brown wooden front door of 61 Freedom Street in downtown Riga is surprisingly narrow – just two feet across. Known as the Corner House, the two-foot-wide door into the old KGB Latvian HQ would be easy to miss...
Latvia Sets Pace For Foreign Investment Growth Among Baltic Nations, FM Says
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 1. Latvia's Foreign Minister Baiba Braže praised the country's business community and innovation sector in remarks made yesterday, noting international recognition of Latvia's achievements in...
Latvian ministries submit planned budget savings
LSM
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July 1, 2025
According to estimates by the Ministry of Finance (FM), this could reduce public sector spending by €150 million in 2026. The assessment of the proposals submitted will continue until the government meeting on 19 August. Ministries have prepared...
Expanding Riga Airport launches tender for more than 4,000sq m of commercial space
The Moodie Davitt Report
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July 3, 2025
LATVIA. Riga Airport has announced an international tender for the management of its passenger terminal commercial space. It initially incorporates floor area of more than 4,000sq m covering duty free (2,006sq m), food & beverage (1,314sq m),...
Smoking quitting programme developed in Latvia
LSM
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July 3, 2025
It has been developed based on the experience of other European countries and clinics in the US, where such programmes have been running for some time and are showing good results, according to representatives of the Premium Quit programme. As...
Latvia Boosts Coastal Response Capability With New Aviation Funding
MENAFN
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June 27, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 27. The Latvian Cabinet of Ministers has approved the Ministry of Defense's proposal to allocate €100,000 in co-financing to Aviasabiedrība“Liepāja” Ltd. (Liepāja International Airport)to...
Epidemiologists search for cause of strep throat infection in Rīga
LSM
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July 3, 2025
Both preschool-aged children were taken to the Children's Hospital over the weekend with complications from a type A streptococcal infection. One of the children has died, while the other is currently being treated in intensive care. Their...
Latvian potatoes doing poorly after prolonged rains
LSM
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June 27, 2025
A vegetable farmer in the Rēzekne area warns that consumers will also feel the effects of this year's poor harvest. There are fields where puddles still stand, but even in fields where water is no longer visible, the damage continues. The ground...
Heat alert in Latvia on Thursday
LSM
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July 3, 2025
Although the day will be hot, south-westerly and westerly winds will intensify again, reaching 10-15 metres per second in gusts, and up to 16-18 metres per second in some parts of Kurzeme. In the afternoon, clouds will increase and local rain and...
Israeli FM Sets Foot In Latvia On Heels Of Ceasefire
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 2. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar begins his official visit to the Baltic region today with a stop in Latvia, marking his first foreign trip since the ceasefire agreement with Iran on June...
How Soviet occupation tried to erase asparagus from Latvian memory
LSM
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July 2, 2025
In Rīga, a street has been named after asparagus, and the name has remained since the interwar period. However, during the Soviet occupation, this vegetable, which was so popular in Western cuisine, disappeared from plates and from historical...
Latvia agrees to strictly regulate the distribution of additional funding for healthcare workers’ salaries
Baltic News Network
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June 25, 2025
Medical institutions that provide state-funded inpatient healthcare services will now have unified guidelines for increasing salaries, according to amendments to the Cabinet of Ministers’ regulations on the organization and payment of healthcare...
Bus routes launched in Latvian-Estonian border area
LSM
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July 2, 2025
The bus routes will help to solve transport accessibility problems in border regions and facilitate everyday mobility, especially for older people. In a festive atmosphere, the ribbon is cut and the first passengers set off on a test run,...
235 same-sex partnerships registered in Latvia within a year
Baltic News Network
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July 1, 2025
In the year since Latvia introduced the Partnership Institute, 235 same-sex partnerships have been officially registered, according to the Latvian Council of Sworn Notaries. As of the 1st of July, a total of 613 partnerships have been recorded in...
Avoidable chronic diseases are Europe’s deadliest killers, says Eurostat data
EurActiv
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July 1, 2025
New data from Eurostat show that around 1.1 million deaths per year in Europe could be avoided through smarter public health policies targeting alcohol and tobacco, or better-quality medical care. According to new figures from 2022 released by the...
Partnerships registered by over 600 couples in one year in Latvia
LSM
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July 1, 2025
In total, as of 1 July this year, the Register of Natural Persons contains information on 613 registered partnerships, of which 235 are same-sex partnerships and 378 are opposite-sex partnerships. Meanwhile, 19 partnerships have ended. Nine...
"Jelena Ostapenko decided not to give a f**k" - Iga Swiatek fans relieved after Latvian's shock Wimbledon loss to World No. 51
Sportskeeda
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June 30, 2025
Jelena Ostapenko's shocking first-round exit from Wimbledon led to Iga Swiatek's fans rejoicing. The Latvian boasts a 6-0 win-loss record against the Pole and was in the same half of the women's singles draw at SW19 as the former No. 1. On Monday,...
Latvia ramps up crackdown on Russians with real estate purchase ban
Politico Europe
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June 20, 2025
The newly passed law forbids Russian and Belarusian citizens, as well as companies that are at least 25 percent owned by them, from acquiring property in Latvia — but provides exceptions for EU and Latvian permanent residence holders from Russia...
Latvia's foreign minister criticises WHO Europe chief's visit to Russia
Ukrainska Pravda
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Baiba Braže. Photo: Laura Celmiņa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže has criticised Hans Kluge, World Health Organisation Regional Director for Europe, for visiting Russia and his statement on the trip....
Why Electric Go-Karting in Riga Should Be on Your Bucket List: 8 Reasons You Shouldn’t Miss It
The Baltic Review
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June 27, 2025
Riga is full of surprises. From its charming Old Town to its vibrant nightlife, it offers something for every traveler. But if you’re looking to add excitement, speed, and a healthy dose of adrenaline to your itinerary, there’s one experience that...