The Riga Regional Court has accepted Ventspils Mayor Aivars Lembergs' claim against the Prosecutor General's Office and the Finance Ministry, in which he demands the two government institutions pay ...

Sweden’s Finance Minister Anders Borg wants to put the squeeze on Swedish banks, where profits have swelled, shareholder dividends ballooned, and interest margins on mortgages doubled. The four major ...

Estonian ship pilot Indrek Sulla on Tuesday morning sighted two dolphins who had likely erred into Kopli Bay from the Atlantic, Postimees reported, cites LETA/BNS. Sulla said that he had spotted the ...

Finance Minister Atis Slakteris (People's Party), Latvian Mortgage and Land Bank (Latvijas Hipoteku un zemes banka, Mortgage Bank) President Inesis Feiferis and Parex banka co-owners Valerijs Kargins ...

It is planned to intensify work on increasing cargo transportation volumes between Kazakhstan and Latvia, as well as attracting cargo from China, the state-owned joint-stock railroad company Latvijas ...

According to a survey, which purpose was to clarify what eye color the people of Latvia have, turned out that the most common eye color among citizens of Latvia is bluish-grey. The research, which was ...

Large-scale entrepreneur Harry Männil, whom the Simon Wiesenthal centre accused of war crimes but who was cleared of any wrongdoing, died on Monday at the age of 89 in San Jose, Costa Rica, ...

According to a recent survey conducted by Maxima Latvija, grocery shopperS name as their favorite Latvia-made food products the sweet cheese curd "Karums", the cake "Cielavina" and the spreadable ...

An incredible performance by 16 year old Latvian drummer Kristers Hartmanis has become a true internet hit on the popular video channel Youtube.com, informed BC the Latvian Institute. Kristers has ...

Government of Estonia decided on Thursday that it will extradite Marko Rudi who is suspected of having committed a financial crime to the United States, writes the National Broadcasting/LETA. Last ...

This is it, my friends! It happened! We finally found someone willing to take over and continue our business. In the year of our 25th anniversary, in June – precisely the month the first ever issue of ...

Saeima in Latvia today supported in the third and final reading President Raimonds Vejonis' amendments to the National Security Law, National Armed Forces Law, and Cabinet of Ministers' Rules of ...