Europe Latvia The 9th Riga International Film Festival will start today 13 October with ten films from the Baltic Sea region and the Nordic countries competing for the festival's main prize and a prize worth €4.000
Europe Latvia According to experts, low-value timber prices are likely to continue to rise at least until spring; the shortage of forest labourers is increasing, while existing workers have moved from public to private forests, Latvian Radio reported
Europe Latvia Latvia's first Digital Transformation Centre has opened in Ventspils; it will focus on digital education of adults to obtain professional skills to compete more successfully in the labour market
Europe Latvia The minibus company 'Rīga minibus traffic' has received a court decision declaring the company insolvent; the insolvency administrator has also decided that RMS's services will no longer be provided as of last Friday 9 September
Europe Latvia Figures published by Latvia's Central Statistical Office show that industrial production fell by 2,9% in July 2022 compared to July 2021, with the decline also due to a reduction in the volume of electricity produced by combined heat and power plants
Europe Latvia World skeleton champion Martins Dukurs has ended his career as an athlete, he announced on Instagram; during his career, he became two-time Olympic runner-up, six-time world champion and 12-time European champion
Europe Latvia Latvia has designated Russia as a 'state sponsor of terrorism' for the war in Ukraine and called on Western allies to impose more comprehensive sanctions on Moscow to end the conflict
Europe Latvia Incukalns underground natural gas storage facility has sufficient natural gas stocks for the next heating season, Economics Minister Ilze Indriksone said in a press conference on 5 August
Europe Latvia The Atis Kronvalds Foundation published the latest ranking of Latvian schools, summarising pupils' performances in various sport meetings and research conferences
Europe Latvia Defence Minister said the state will reinstate compulsory military service, following growing tension with neighbouring Russia; the country had revoked compulsory military service a few years after joining the Nato defence alliance
Europe Latvia During the next heating season, the Latvian state will compensate for half of the increase in energy prices for households; the government's decision comes after reviewing the Ministry of Welfare's report
Europe Latvia According to Linda Jakobsone, board member of the Lets Help Refugees association, the biggest problems for Ukrainian war refugees who have arrived in Latvia are their involvement in the labour market and the insufficient supply of housing