All passengers will be able to travel free of charge on public buses, trolley buses and trams in Riga today 18 November, Latvia's Independence Day

Establishing a joint airline would provide strategic benefits for all three Baltic countries in the long term, Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs told reporters after a meeting with Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius in Riga

The Jūrkalne cliffs are increasingly littered by waste dumped by the Soviet army, starting to burst from sandy ground of a former Red Army missile base with the rocket-derived name "Raķešnieki" and falling down the cliffs

Excitement in the fuel pellet market in recent weeks has led stores to set limits on the purchase of pellets per person, said Latvian Radio; the association representing the industry says the market is calming down and will stabilize in a month