Unemployment in Latvia has fallen to 8.9 percent of the economically active population, State Employment Agency director Inese Kalvane told the morning news program of the LNT TV channel Friday morning.
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Latvia on Thursday hailed the opening later this summer of a new Nato-backed Strategic Communications Center in its capital Riga amid fears about Russia's ability to influence the country's large ethnic Russian minority over the crisis in Ukraine.
Monday, June 30 marks the final day in Latvia's long euro changeover plan with the official end of a dual-pricing regime.
Latvia's manufacturing base is “back on its feet” after a tough period at the beginning of 2014 crisis but producers still need to look towards producing higher-yielding value-added goods, a report from Latvia's largest retail bank, Swedbank, said Monday in a report.
The Food and Veterinary Service stepped up inspections Monday of the area in Latgale bordering Belarus affected by last week’s first-ever outbreak of African swine fever, confirming two new cases found over the weekend. The report overturns Agriculture Minister Jānis Duklavs’ morning statement announcing the discovery of no new cases.
The 17th Baltic Student Song and Dance Festival got underway in Latvia's second-largest city, Daugavpils on the evening of June 27 with a spectacular torchlit procession of the 4,000 participants.
The Baltic regional bourses closed a predictably quiet midsummer holiday week down slightly.
Latvia's banking sector saw a modest 2.4% rise in deposits during May to bring the total amount of cash deposited with banks to nearly €20 billion according to information published Friday by the financial regulator, the Financial and Capital Markets Commission (FKTK).
It is time for the European Union to take a new approach to its eastern neighbours, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs said in Riga Friday.
Latvia's Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs vowed Thursday to continue fighting for the release of jailed Latvian citizen and Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste.
Former Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis insisted Thursday he had no intention of dropping his attempt to become a European Commissioner as a result of rumours circulating about his financial affairs.
The pilot of a light aircraft was killed Wednesday night when his plane crashed near the southern Latvian town of Jelgava, LTV reported Thursday morning.