1 July, councilmen from the recently-elected Riga City Council voted in Nils Usakovs (Harmony Center) as Riga mayor. 37 councilmen voted for Usakovs, whilst 21 city councilmen voted for the other ...

Latvia's transition to euro ran "incredibly smoothly and rapidly," President of the Bank of Latvia Ilmars Rimsevics said in an interview on the Latvian Television morning news show "Rita Panorama", ...