Zbignevs Stankevics was ordained as the new metropolitan archbishop of the Archdiosese of Riga on August 8 in a ceremony at Riga Dome Cathedral which was attended by several bishops of the Roman ...

This is it, my friends! It happened! We finally found someone willing to take over and continue our business. In the year of our 25th anniversary, in June – precisely the month the first ever issue of ...

President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers has returned the previously approved amendments to the Immigration Law to the Saeima for a second review, according to a letter send to Saeima Chairman Gundars ...

According to Statistics Estonia, the unemployment rate was 5.5% in 2008 and 7.6% in the 4th quarter. By counties, the annual average unemployment was the biggest in Ida-Viru county and the smallest in ...

In order to protect local manufacturers, it is necessary to introduce rebar certification in Latvia, Liepajas metalurgs shareholder Sergejs Zaharjins points out in an open letter published in today's ...

On the night from March 28 to March 29, at 3 p.m., Latvia turned clocks one hour forward and switched to daylight-saving time, reports LETA. According to Cabinet of Minister regulations, the switch to ...

Kaliningrad civic organisations, environmental movements and oppositional political parties have formed a wide coalition which actively seeks for referendum on the construction of the new nuclear ...

The city of Tallinn will restore this summer an old tradition – the Tallinn-Monte Carlo rally but different from the Star Ride of the 1930s, the 3,000 km distance will this summer be covered by ...

It is likely that Latvian-German joint venture light-bulb manufacturer Vermerk will be sold to investors from Russia or Ukraine, as newspaper "Biznes&Baltija" reports today. Management of the plant, ...

Prime Minister of Latvia Valdis Dombrovskis (New Era) has ordered Culture Ministry's draft amendments, which stipulated hiking salaries for board members at thirteen Culture Ministry-run companies, ...