May 3rd, 20189786May 4: Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia. On May 4, 1990, there were thousands of people who were following the vote at the Parliament building all day. After the vote deputies went to Daugavmala, they were greeted with flowers and loud rejoicing. And today, after 28 years, we still celebrate this day! In Riga there...
April 10th, 20182613The international textile industry exhibition "Baltic Fashion & Textile 2018" will take place for the 23rd time in the international exhibition center Kipsala from the 12th to the 14th of April. "Baltic Fashion & Textile 2018" is a place where the fashion industry offers and demands meet from the countries of Latvia, Lithuania,...
March 1st, 20185656PyeongChang 2018 – 23rd winter Olympic games were held from 9th to 25th February in Pyeongchang County, South Korea. The 2018 Winter Olympics featured 102 events in 15 sports (like luge, curling, biathlon and more) with almost 3000 participants from 92 countries.
Latvians in PyeongChang 2018
There were 34 athletes from Latvia...
August 19th, 2017241001
Latvia National men basketball team set to play nine preparation games before the European Championship, five of them will be held in Riga. One of them will be against the famous rivalry Lithuania.
The first two games will be against Finland on the 27th and the 29th of July, played in Tampere, the third one against Georgia on...
August 18th, 2017209071One out of ten people do not have a regular access to safe water. According to the UN report, in 2015 water pollution has killed more than war and terrorism, making food and water safety just as big threat to the world as weapons. Watch the video below on water by TED-Ed, and make sure that your water is clean and safe.
What about...
June 22nd, 201730730LAMPA
30th of June - 1st of July, Cēsis
The LAMPA conversation festival invites people to engage in conversations that lead to understanding. To diversity and its acceptance. To equality – where every opinion has the right to exist and be heard. To a desire to find out more and to take pleasure in doing so.
The LAMPA...
June 12th, 201711818Ranked No. 47 in the world, the irrepressible 20-year-old became the first Latvian to snare a major with a 4-6 6-4 6-3 success.
Gunning winners from both wings, Ostapenko is the youngest Roland Garros champion since Croat Iva Majoli (19 years and 300 days) in 1997.
“I think I cannot believe I am the Roland Garros champion and...
May 4th, 2017251284On May 4, Latvia marks its 24th year since the Declaration on the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia was adopted in 1990 by the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR.
This was an important step in the long process of actually regaining Latvia's independence from the Soviet Union. It also ensured the continuity of the...
December 9th, 20166428269The President of Latvia Raimonds Vējonis and The Prime Minister of Estonia Jüri Ratas met in Riga on Friday to discuss future cooperation.
Ratas has assumed office in late November, and the meeting was scheduled to inform Vējonis of Estonian government's plans.
The new PM of Estonia stressed that the new government would keep to the...
November 23rd, 201622778The Startup Law, approved today by the Latvian Parliament will create a tax regime, one not matched anywhere else in Europe, that will effectively double venture capital investors’ money in young Latvian startups. This law is seen as part of a wider push to make Latvia an attractive base for startups. The law was passed with almost...
