A Belarusian businessman who arrived in Latvia after the Belarusian opposition protests in 2021 and was granted a temporary residence permit as the head of…
Posts published in Day: December 11, 2024
Blood donation bus to travel around Latvia in December
Wednesday, December 11, 2024In December, the State Blood Donor Center (VADC) will make 48 trips to different cities and districts of Latvia. Donors of all blood types, especially…
Tree bark leads to new building material developed by Finnish and Latvian researchers
Wednesday, December 11, 2024A new ecologically friendly and moisture-resistant building material has been created in Latvia. Scientists at the State Institute of Wood Chemistry have developed it from…
Baltic, Canadian Foreign Ministers meet in Rīga
Wednesday, December 11, 2024On December 2, 2024, Minister of Foreign Affairs Baiba Braže hosted the foreign ministers of the Baltic States and Canada in Rīga “to strengthen dialogue and…
Actor axed after awards night fracas
Wednesday, December 11, 2024The Dailes Theater in Rīga has terminated its employment relationship with actor Lauris Dzelzītis, the LETA news agency reported December 2. Dzelzītis had worked at the theater since…
Georgian ambassador summoned by Latvia over protest crackdown
Wednesday, December 11, 2024The Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said December 2 it had summoned the Georgian ambassador to be handed a protest note over the Georgian government’s…
Annual Prose Readings take place in Latvia
Wednesday, December 11, 2024The literature festival Prose Readings is traditionally held at the end of the year in Latvia. On December 1, they were symbolically inaugurated by the…