Latvia faces the risk of "two-speed" society, where the threshold will be whether a person has a job or not, Swedbank’s chief economist Dainis Stikuts pointed out to business portal Nozare.lv. A ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has accepted a petition filed by attorneys for Deniss Calovskis, a citizen of Latvia charged with cyber crimes in the United States, and has temporarily ...

Given that small countries do not have alternative to nuclear energy, Latvia is ready to invest in the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project. Experts of Latvernergo AS, Latvian power company, ...

The Latvian Roman Catholic Church has nominated Zbignes Stankevics as the new Archbishop of Riga, because the current Archbishop Janis Pujats will be 80 years old this year, whereas, under the ...

Lithuania has opened its consulate in Mongolia's capital Ulan Bator. The Lithuanian consulate is headed by Honorary Consul of Lithuania Chinbat Khorolsuren. This is the first Lithuania's ...

Estonian scientists say that the “beautified” picture of effects of the Nord Stream gas pipeline does not correspond to the results that calculations show and the health of families and children in ...

The company PKL Flote has signed a contract with the Chernomorsky Shipbuilding Yard for the construction of an azimuthal tugboat with the capacity of 3728kWt (5000 hp). In accordance with the contract ...

According to a survey, which purpose was to clarify what eye color the people of Latvia have, turned out that the most common eye color among citizens of Latvia is bluish-grey. The research, which was ...

Aleksandras Abisala, chief negotiator over the extension of the Ignalina nuclear power plant, who used to speak about the considerable growth of the possibility to reach an agreement on the extension ...

Ventbunkers/LNT press service made avaible to the Baltic Course the interview with Rudolf Meroni, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, where he uncovers the truth behind theft allegations. Over the last ...

The Latvian copyright agency AKKA/LAA has signed an agreement with music streaming service Spotify, therefore residents of Latvia can now legally use services offered by Spotify. AKKA/LAA press ...

The first ever U.S.-Baltic joint military exercises will take place next September or October in Latvia, U.S. Army Forces in Europe Commander General Carter F. Ham said during a visit to the ...