Riga City Council decided on Wednesday, April 17, to transfer more than 10 hectares of land to the Latvian Football Federation (LFF) for free use for the construction of a national football stadium in Lucavsala.
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The number of influenza and Covid-19 patients continued to fall last week according to data published April 17 by the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC).
A Central Statistical Bureau estimate published on April 17 shows that 42.7 % of the 806 thousand people employed on the national labor market (people aged 25 and over) had higher education at the beginning of 2023.
On Wednesday morning, about 100 protesters gathered in front of the Riga City Council to oppose the plan to build a football stadium in Lucavsala. Meanwhile, the Riga City Council is deciding on Wednesday on the allocation of more than 10 hectares of land for the construction of a national football stadium in Lucavsala.
From April 22, changes will be made to the timetables of buses 51 and 52, as well as trolleybuses 5 and 23, while route 58 buses will run on a slightly changed route in order to bypass congestion, according to the Rīgas Satiksme public transport company.
The premises of the Rainis and Aspazija Memorial in Lugano, Switzerland, will no longer be available in the future, the Minister of Culture Agnese Logina (Progressives) was informed on April 16 during her visit to Switzerland.
Telecommunications services are getting more expensive. Companies explain that they have provided better internet and other improvements, so customer bills are also rising, Latvian Television reported April 16.
The Foreign Investors Council in Latvia (FICIL) will give a gloomy take on the current investment climate in the country in its latest research, the influential body said in a release April 17.
Starting September this year, national defense will be a compulsory subject in schools, according to the amendments to the general secondary education standard approved by the government on Tuesday April 16.
Following the Constitutional Court's judgment declaring the felling of younger trees unconstitutional, the State Forest Service (VMD) will individually assess the possible revocation of the felling certificate in 5,874 forest stands, the Ministry of Agriculture (ZM) said on April 17.
On Tuesday, April 16, Latvian Finance Minister Arvils Ašeradens met with Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko at the annual World Bank Group (WBG) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) spring meeting in Washington, according to a release from the Finance Ministry.
The opposition National Alliance, which was in charge of the Ministry of Culture for several years, will demand the resignation of the current Minister of Culture, Agnese Logina (Progressives), former Culture Minister Nauris Puntulis (National Alliance) said on Latvian Radio Wednesday, April 17.
A 'Life is Salaca' project will be implemented for the next five years with a view to improving the river Salaca's water quality and habitats. The project envisages carrying out scientific research in the Salaca, drawing up a conservation plan, restoring streams, and a range of other activities, Latvian Radio reported April 17.
The Zemgale District Court has sentenced paramedic Gints Vaits to one year suspended sentence and a four-year ban from medical practice for leaving a young woman unconscious and failing to provide assistance, Latvian Television reported on April 16.
On April 16, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elected Artūrs Kučs as Judge to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in respect of Latvia, according to a release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Not only young women report having experienced sexual harassment in the academic environment. A letter received by Latvian Television reveals that a young man had also encountered such issues.
Jewelry retail chain AS Grenardi Group ( which operates the GRENARDI and GIVEN brand stores), said April 16 it has successfully raised EUR 12 million in a public bond offering with a fixed interest rate of 10%.
There are already 14 countries in the 'drone coalition' founded by Latvia, and after a decision made by the government April 16 Latvia will send the first significant cargo of drones to Ukraine, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa (New Unity) told the media after a cabinet meeting Tuesday.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Economics, will have to revise the regulation of public parking spaces near shopping malls, the government agreed Tuesday, April 16.
The first Latvian strawberries could be ready in the second half of May, strawberry growers surveyed by LETA said.
Alcohol sales in gas station shops will not be restricted, as decided by the majority of the Saeima Social and Labor Affairs Committee on April 16.
The latest Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) estimate published April 16 shows that around 4,000 Ukrainian citizens with temporary protection status in Latvia were registered with Latvian education institutions on 1 January 2024.
The Latvian Association of Free Trade Unions of (LBAS) is urging the establishment of a minimum wage equivalent to 50% of the average monthly wage in the country.
Latvian cities and regions are actively preparing for the Big Clean-up on April 27. In the meantime, the organizers urge the cleaners to find the most interesting place on the map.
Stork nests are now bustling again. The International White Stork Census takes place this year for the eighth time, in which all residents are invited to participate by reporting observed nests on dabasdati.lv. There are approximately 14,000 inhabited stork nests in Latvia. This number has doubled since the 1930s.
The Riga World Film Festival takes place from April 25 to 28 at the intimate "Kino Bize" cinema.
Artificial intelligence tools have increasingly entered the study process this academic year. Each university is gradually developing guidelines on how and whether these tools can be used in teaching, Latvian Radio reported April 16.
A heatwave experienced in early April has woken plants up too early. Plums, apricots, and cherries are blooming, and apple trees and pears are also green. Now cooler weather has begun and frosts are expected, so fruit farmers are thinking about how to protect their plantations, Latvian Radio reported April 16.
Tuesday, April 16, will mark exactly the year since Leons Rusiņš brutally killed his ex-spouse and mum of two, Iveta, on a lonely country road near Jēkabpils with an axe. The murder took place in front of Iveta's mum and her two underage sons. Leons Rusiņš has still not been found, Latvian Television reported April 15.
The split in society in Daugavpils is palpable, said President of Latvia Edgars RInkēvičs after a visit on Monday, April 15. The city's management meanwhile does not see any problems in that, Latgale regional television reported.
In 2022, 65% of individuals in the EU engaged in streaming TV or videos online, according to Eurostat data published April 15. Latvians were slightly keener than the average with a 70% equivalent figure.
The New Unity political force has nominated diplomat Baiba Braže for the post of Foreign Minister, which is vacant after the resignation of Krišjānis Kariņš, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa (New Unity) announced in a briefing on Monday, April 15.