LATVIA BREAKING NEWS

The national airline ‘airBaltic’ plans to make around 100 pilots and 200 cabin crew members redundant. This was announced by the Latvian Aviation Trade Union (LAA). From Saturday, staff will begin to receive information on whether their employment contracts will be renewed. “airBaltic” has…

Swedbank is laying off around 100 staff in the Baltic states, while the bank says Artificial Intelligence (AI) could lead to further layoffs in future, reports ERR News in Estonia.

Europe has a peculiar problem. As one of the world's largest economies, we have the talent, capital, technology, and market size to compete. Yet we struggle to turn these advantages into economic success. Our companies face barriers to expansion, our savings fail to finance innovation, and…

On 30th October, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Latgale Planning Region, is organising a regional visit to Rēzekne for diplomats from foreign embassies, the Ministry said.

The writer and journalist Rimants Ziedonis (1962–2026) has passed away, his daughter Evelīna Ziedone announced on social media.

Law enforcement authorities have detained Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' advisor on public administration issues Mārtiņš Brencis, reports Latvian Television.

Latvia has introduced major changes to its immigration rules, ending two investment-based residency programs, restricting residence permits for ...

On Wednesday morning, a Saudi Arabian flag was removed from the cables of the Vanšu Bridge, according to Ieva Lukaža-Apalupa, chief communications officer at the Riga Municipal Police (RPP), and newswire LETA.

The Latvian Science Council (LZP) has announced an open call for project applications for the "Defence Innovation Research Programme" for 2026–2029.

In October this year, the State Police arrested eleven ‘money mules’ and couriers. Among those arrested are both young people who have not yet reached legal age or have only recently done so, and a man of retirement age who has also committed crimes abroad, the State Police said in a statement.

A new report from the Latvian central bank says lending activity has grown "significantly" but that there is still room for further growth in the market.

The new government must take bolder decisions, according to the opinion of the leadership of the Foreign Investors’ Council in Latvia (FICIL). At present, uncertainty over migration issues and the lack of concrete plans are causing concern, Latvian Radio reported on October 28.

For the first time in Latvia’s history, individuals are being tried for market manipulation. The defendants do not admit their guilt in carrying out fictitious transactions designed to inflate share turnover on the stock exchange and thereby gain an additional sum of more than 100,000 euros. The…

The controversy involving the giving and then taking away of Latvian citizenship to an Indian citizen is developing in another direction, too, with Latvia's so-called "golden visa" scheme in the spotlight.

Every evening at 21:00, Latvian Radio 1 broadcasts a five-minute summary of the day's news stories in a simplified language format called Ziņas vieglajā valodā ('News in simple language').

Riga: Latvia has confirmed its first ever case of bluetongue, a noncontagious viral disease affecting livestock, after cattle tested positive on a ...

Latvia's United List won 41 of 100 seats on 3 October 2026. Prime Minister Kulbergs began coalition talks on 28 October.

On Tuesday, 27 October, the government decided to extend the ban on occasional passenger bus services to Russia and Belarus by one year. The government had already banned such services for one year last year.

Among Latvia's regions, Vidzeme is the most fertile – at least if you are a woman – according to fresh Eurostat data published on October 27th.

An Indian scientist who finds herself at the centre of an accelerating scandal in Latvia over her application for Latvian citizenship has turned to the police alleging that she is the victim of harassment and misinformation, with racist overtones.

In the Latvian Radio 3 series ‘Did you know?’, cultural researchers, historians and other experts explain a wide variety of terms, report on interesting artefacts and share unusual ideas. This time, food researcher Astra Spalvēna tells the story of the recipe of 'sweet sausage'.

Compared with last year, the number of teenagers who have consumed intoxicating substances and been admitted to hospital has doubled this autumn, according to information published by the Children’s Clinical University Hospital (BKUS) on October 27.

Couriers with large delivery bags on bicycles are a common sight in Latvia's largest cities and a constant source of speculation. So Latvian Television's programme "Aizliegtais panēmiens" ('Forbidden Method') decided to look behind the rumours at the specifics of such work, what happens in the…

The “RE-MENT” project by the Swedish company “Cemvision” has been selected to receive funding of up to 27.5 million euros from the European Union’s Innovation Fund for the construction of a commercial-scale low-emission cement plant in Ventspils, the Latvian Investment and Development Agency (LIAA)…

In Germany, production of the Bundeswehr’s new standard armoured personnel carrier is getting under way, while in Latvia essentially the same vehicle is already being manufactured.

Blood stocks in Latvia have once again fallen significantly. The National Blood Donor Centre (VADC) is calling on anyone who is able and willing to donate blood to come forward. In order to reach as many donors as possible, mobile blood collection units are also scheduled to visit many towns and…