Rates of oncological diseases in Latvia remain very high. Cancer remains the second main cause of death in the country. According to statistical data of the Disease Prevention and Control Centre, infection rates with oncological diseases have increased by 39% … Read More

Because of especially hot summer this year, demand for Latvian camp-sites has increased and all leisure sites are full, says Latvian Camping Association President Linda Bēce. The camping seasons, which is usually restricted to July and August, continues in Latvia. … Read More

The number of young people that leave Latvia to immigrate to other countries is nearly two times higher than the average in Europe, said Education and Science Ministry’s Initiative and Development Department’s Deputy Director Sanda Brūna during yesterdays international conference Youth in … Read More

Because of the upcoming sanctions authorized by the Russian President, food producers in Latvia urge to create crisis management measures that would assist entrepreneurs and employers. Agriculture market promotion centre’s manager Ingūna Gulbe has said in an interview to Rīta … Read More

Latvians volunteering to fight on the behalf of Ukraine’s breakaway eastern provinces could find themselves charged with terrorism offenses, Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis said Wednesday. Speaking on LTV’s Rita Panorama morning news show, Kozlovskis said changes to existing laws might … Read More

Lately there has been a sharp increase in the number of Ukrainian citizens asking for residence permits in Latvia, admits Deputy Director of Latvian Citizenship and Migration Affairs Office Maira Roze. In her interview to 900 seconds programme of LNT, … Read More

Over the past weekend, the virus of African swine fever had spread over to three more farms in Latvia, as confirmed by recently validated laboratory results of the Food and Veterinary Service. The virus has been confirmed in Kraslava’s Piedruja … Read More

Even after a decade of large-scale emigration, Latvia’s population continues to decline at one of the fastest rates in the European Union according to data released by the EU’s statistics department, Eurostat. With 14.3 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants, only Bulgarians … Read More

At the end of June, unemployment in Latvia had declined to the lowest level since the beginning of the crisis, as reported by the Director of the Latvian State Employment Agency Inese Kalvāne. On the last day of June unemployment … Read More

Latvia has the sixth fastest Internet in the world, according to the latest quarterly report by the IT company “Akamai Technologies”. In Latvia, the average Internet speed was 12 megabits per second (Mbps) in the first quarter. Compared to the … Read More

After carrying out detailed laboratory testing, the Food and Veterinary Service of Latvia has confirmed the existence of African swine fever in Latvia, the business information portal ”Nozare.lv” was informed by Food and Veterinary Service spokeswoman Anna Joffe. The positive … Read More

The first group of Ukrainian refugees have been granted asylum in Latvia since unrest broke out in the country. Seven refugees were granted asylum this month due to the crisis in the Ukraine, Normunds Garbars, head of the State Border Guard … Read More

The proportion of shadow economy in Latvia can be as large as five billion euro, as estimated by SSE Riga Sustainable Business Centre researcher Arnis Sauka. In a discussion organized by Nozare.lv, Director General of the State Revenue Service Inara … Read More

Do you enjoy watching or taking part in extreme sports? A group of Latvian engineers have reinvented the cameraman. It’s called AirDog, and it flies. In short, AirDog is the world’s first auto-follow action sports quad-copter drone, carrying the popular … Read More