In the first nine months of the year 9,716 children were born in Latvia, which is 1,419 children or 12.7% fewer than in the same period a year ago, Central Statistical Bureau provisional data show.
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Latvia (/ˈlɑːtviə/ or /ˈlætviə/; Latvian: Latvija [ˈlatvija]), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Republika), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. Since its independence, Latvia has been referred to as one of the Baltic states. It is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, and Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west.
The minimum monthly wage in Latvia will be increased from EUR 700 to EUR 740 as of 1 January 2025, the government approved on Tuesday.
Although attention has recently focused more on the development plans of the Latvian national airline airBaltic, SmartLynx, the second-largest airline in Latvia by turnover, is not far behind. In an interview with Latvian Delfi Bizness, Edvinas Demenius, who took over as CEO of SmartLynx in February...
The Saeima on Thursday voted to forward a bill on Latvia’s 2025 budget and budget framework for 2025, 2026, and 2027 to parliamentary committees, thereby starting its adoption process.
Latvia cannot afford the Rail Baltica project, so it should be frozen and stopped for a year to resolve all financial issues, Agriculture Minister Armands Krauze (Greens/Farmers) told LETA in an interview.
The largest drug production facility ever discovered by Latvian law enforcement officers was busted last week in the Aluksne region and finished products worth at least EUR 400 million were uncovered there, the Latvian State Police informed the media on Thursday, LETA reports.
On Monday, 7 October, border guards detained a Latvian national who illegally crossed the state border from the Russian side in Skilbeni County, LETA was informed by the State Border Guard Service.
In Latvia, 49 percent of residents would like to receive a monthly pension between EUR 1,200-2,000, but currently the average pension in Latvia is EUR 576, representatives of Luminor Bank informed LETA, citing the data of a survey.
President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs on Wednesday met with President of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame at the Riga Castle as part of his official visit to Latvia, the presidency said.
During the ongoing trade mission to the US, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister of Economics Viktors Valainis, and the Latvian delegation met with global technology leaders Meta, Google, and Groq on Thursday, reports the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia.
Latvia’s Parliament, the Saeima, on Thursday adopted amendments to the Credit Institution Law, mandating that Latvian commercial banks shall no longer offer the Russian language option in ATMs, the parliamentary press service reports.
The five shopping and entertainment centres managed by Akropolis Group, the shopping and entertainment centres development and management company in the Baltics, had 21.1 million visitors in Lithuania and Latvia during the first half of 2024, the first half-year tenants’ turnover reached historical ...
Websites on Latvia’s Unified Web Platform (TVP) are inaccessible or load slowly due to intense cyberattacks, the news website delfi.lv reports.
Floodwaters from neighbouring Lithuania are keeping parts of rural central Latvia underwater, a week after record quantities of rain fell on the Baltic state, officials said as reported by AFP news agency.
On 20 July 2024, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell Fontelles, will arrive in Latvia for a working visit, the Foreign Ministry announced.
A petition was launched in Latvia on the website of public initiatives manabalss.lv suggesting to ban social network TikTok in the country, reports news website delfi.lv.
Additional military equipment and vehicles have arrived in Latvia from Canada, Latvian Minister of Defence Andris Spruds announced via social network X on Monday, also showing photos of multiple armoured fighting vehicles unloaded in a port.
On 1-7 July 2024, compared with the previous week, electricity prices in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia increased by 5% to EUR 99.7/MWh.
On Sunday night, 19 May, a helicopter of the Lithuanian Air Force evacuated an injured Latvian citizen from a fishing vessel.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Baiba Braže took part in the Riga Marathon on Sunday to raise funds for drones for Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.
