![Five detained over laundering more than €627,000](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2016/01/thumbnail/0/58hj.jpg)
![Five detained over laundering more than €627,000](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2016/01/thumbnail/0/58hj.jpg)
![U.S. asks Latvia to stand against EU investment in Iran](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2018/03/thumbnail/1/916y.jpg)
![Payday lenders outraged at frank consumer rights campaign](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2018/02/thumbnail/1/8v9s.jpg)
![Ventspils rail line to be electrified](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2016/04/thumbnail/0/5jbx.jpg)
Latvia's national rail company Latvian Railways told the press Wednesday that the electrification project of Latvia's railways will begin on the line towards the port city of Ventspils (northwestern Latvia). The government decision over the course of electrifying Latvia's rails is expected in late October.
![Latvian businesses make headway in China](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2016/09/thumbnail/0/66pm.jpg)
Looking for new trading partners, Latvian officials and entrepreneurs have visited China. Latvia's companies are cautious about rushing into the Chinese market but recently have concluded an agreement over shipping 3 containers of canned fish, reported Latvian Television Saturday.
![Massive roadworks start in Rīga](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2016/03/thumbnail/0/5ghi.jpg)
On Friday roadworks began on Rīga's busiest streets - Lāčplēša and Brīvības st. Accordingly, drivers and public transport passengers should expect to spend more time in traffic this summer in the capital.
![Economists stress structural reform for avoiding middle-income trap](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2015/02/thumbnail/0/3rhi.jpg)
As structural reforms were sidelined in the years following the economic downturn, Latvia's economic growth is declining. Latvian Television spoke to economists who warned that the current technical recession can lead the country into a middle-income trap.
![Budget changes in 2016 - mostly tax increases](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2015/05/thumbnail/0/42wu.jpg)
The state budget draft was approved on Monday, and the Finance Ministry is currently working on the nuts and bolts of the 2016 state budget, which will have to be approved by the Saeima later on.
![Workforce import needs already acute in some fields](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2013/09/thumbnail/0/2478.jpg)
The shortage of qualified mid-level specialists for various Latvian industries has prompted some companies to launch overseas recruiting efforts to fill these positions with foreign workers, reported LTV’s evening news program Panorāma Monday.
![Former Fed boss Volcker: Citadele has a real future](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2015/04/thumbnail/0/41dl.jpg)
Former chairman of the US Federal Reserve Paul Volcker, now a co-investor along with the Ripplewood Group in the Citadele Bank, shared his views of the world economy and the Baltic states’ place as “part of the European heartland” in an interview Tuesday with LTV news reporter Kārlis Roķis.
![Security services wary of Russian interests in transit sector](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2013/03/thumbnail/0/1o9p.jpg)
For more than two decades now Russia has been Latvia’s top strategic partner in the transit sector, providing the bulk of cargo volumes and logically investing more and more in the companies that operate these conduits of trade. But since Russia has provoked a war in Ukraine, Latvia’s security services have been looking much more warily at these ties.
![More details emerge of suspected murder plot against police official](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/1/o8y4.jpg)
![Latvian Olympics athletes guide: Part 2](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/1/o8wi.jpg)
![How much sporty employment is there in Latvia?](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/1/o5ir.jpg)
![Smiltene municipality mayor steps down](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/4/o8xd.jpg)
![Food parcel machine idea picks up in Latvia](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/1/o8uc.jpg)
![New translation recounts another chapter of Latvia's Jewish history](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/1/o8xg.jpg)
![Hard graft: Latvians work an average of 37 years](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/06/thumbnail/4/o0z0.jpg)
![U.S. and Latvia team up on digitization drive](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/1/o8x6.jpg)
![Monday in Latvia could bring storm](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/1/o5ik.jpg)
![Prison sentence enters into force in 'Ukrainian flag attack' case](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2023/06/thumbnail/1/l5c0.jpg)
![Barring Ždanoka as a political candidate in Latvia was fine, rules ECHR](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/02/thumbnail/1/n19h.jpg)
![Biggest taxpayers in Latvia named](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/1/o8oe.jpg)
![More details emerge of suspected murder plot against police official](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/1/o8y4.jpg)
![Food parcel machine idea picks up in Latvia](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/1/o8uc.jpg)
![Five arrested in connection with suspected murder plot](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/1/o8k2.jpg)
![Hard graft: Latvians work an average of 37 years](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/06/thumbnail/4/o0z0.jpg)
![New translation recounts another chapter of Latvia's Jewish history](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/1/o8xg.jpg)
![Latvian Olympics athletes guide: Part 2](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/1/o8wi.jpg)
![U.S. and Latvia team up on digitization drive](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/1/o8x6.jpg)
![Latvian Olympics athletes guide: Part 1](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/1/o64a.jpg)
![Four Latvians detained for helping illegal migration](https://static.lsm.lv/media/2024/07/thumbnail/4/o8fm.jpg)