Sommelier Raimonds Tomsons of the Vincents restaurant was pronounced Europe's top wine expert at the Sommelier EM 2017 competition in Vienna on May
The sun was out May 14 for thousands of runners to enjoy Riga's annual marathon and a selection of shorter distances for those not competing in the
The World’s first human flight and jump with the drone at high altitude? Yes, everything awesome can happen in Latvia!
Last year Norway's Government Pension Fund invested Norwegian sovereign wealth in Latvia for the first time. A total $1.4 million was invested into pharma company Olainfarm, the fiber glass company Valmieras stikla šķiedra (Valmiera Glass), and HansaMatrix, a high-tech manufacturer
Ustubs will be the second Latvian diplomat serving as an EU ambassador.
Planting of 100 oaks along the border of Latvia, jogging or walking routes resembling the geographic contour of Latvia anywhere in the world and celebrating around white-clad tables with friends and family are the key opening events of Latvia’s Centenary celebrations starting on May 4, 2017.
World-famous dancer and actor Mikhail Baryshnikov will become a Latvian citizen after the Saeima voted to grant him a passport.
Latvia's superstar basketball player, Kristaps Porziņģis, proved he's a patriot at heart April 24 by confirming his availability for the national team.
12 emerging authors from around Europe have been announced as winners of the 2017 edition of the European Union Prize for Literature and among them you can also find Latvian author Osvalds Zebris for "Gaiļu kalna ēnā" (In the Shadow of Rooster Hill).
Fintech is an industry that has had an enormous growth in the past 10 years, and even more so in the Baltics.