Latvia

Today, a celebratory reception for Latvian men's basketball team will be held outside the Freedom Monument at 5:30 p.m.; from 4:30 p.m. until the end of the event, vehicular traffic will be closed or restricted if necessary

On 30 September, the World Running Championships in Riga will be opened by Children's Day events at the Freedom Monument, where up to 5.000 children will be able to participate in short distances of various lengths

32% of Latvian families - almost a third - will face financial difficulties with the start of the new school year says a survey conducted by the research agency Norstat in July 2023 on 510 residents aged between 25 and 65

Soldiers and national guardsmen of the Latvian National Armed Forces have taken part in the military exercise 'Northern Strike 2023', in Michigan, USA, from 5 to today, 19 August

Harvest work is very slow due to the rainy weather, and last week's progress was 'catastrophically small', said the head of the agricultural department of the producer 'Latraps'

The XXVII Nationwide Latvian Song and XVII Dance Festival had 40.560 participants, according to information from the Latvian National Culture Centre, second highest number of participants in the history of the event

Due to Saeima's non-compliance with a 2020 Constitutional Court ruling, the Constitutional Court declared the regulations on the language of implementation of university curricula to be unconstitutional and thus annulled as of 1 July 2024

Organisers of XXVII National Celebration of Latvian Song and Dance accepted two recommendations: invite Latvian municipalities to fly the national flag from 2 to 9 July and encourage workplaces in Riga to organise remote work

In 2021, the average number of passenger cars per inhabitant in the EU increased from 0,53 to 0,57, with the equivalent figure for Latvia (0,40) considerably below the EU average, but still at the highest level ever reached

From 29 March to 21 April this year, the volume of textile waste recycled increased by 15% thanks to the environmental campaigns implemented by the Latvian Green Dot and Eco Baltia Environment; figures compare to the previous month

In the upcoming future, seven disaster management centres will be planned and built in the country as part of the Recovery and Resilience Plan approved by the Council of Ministers

State Employment Agency has made job opportunities available to students during the summer holidays; electronic applications are open until 17 August