The press department of Latvian Television has confirmed that the country will not participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021, to be held in Paris in December

The energy commodities trader and convenience store network AS Virši-A will, from 20 November to 6 January, donate 3 cents in support of SOS Children's Villages for every hot coffee drink purchased in the special SOS Children's Villages cups

The European Court of Human Rights found no violation in Latvia's move to state language education; subjects taught in Latvian, the national language, have been increased in state schools, thus determining fewer lessons in Russian

The Saeima of the Latvian Parliament adopted amendments to eight laws introducing same-sex unions, three years after the Constitutional Court's ruling emphasising the state's duty to protect the families of same-sex couples

Demand for blood components has been increasing by at least 15% per month this year, with a similar trend observed in all regions; securing demand is becoming very difficult as the number of donors is decreasing and first-time donors are less frequent