Latvia's most famous whistleblower Ilmārs Poikāns has asked for the president to pardon his 60 hours of community service, he told the press November 17.
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According to an Interior Ministry plan, it will not be allowed to buy sex from people aged below 25 starting 2020, reports Latvian Radio.
The Czech court decided on September 21 to extradite Ansis Ataols-Bērziņš, a man convicted for participating in the 2009 riots, reported LTV.
Drivers across Latvia are advised to keep in mind that road repairs are taking place across Latvia with traffic expected to be slow on a number of important roads, reports Latvian Radio.
The Limbazi district court on September 8 denied the request by Estonian millionaire Oleg Ossinovski, accused of large-scale bribery, to separate the charges against him and the co-defendant Ugis Magonis into separate proceedings and let him be tried in Estonia, reported Latvian Radio.
It is hoped the first trains from Tallinn via Riga to Kaunas and beyond will be rolling through the Baltic landscape in a decade's time -- but meanwhile wrangles about the route of the huge Rail Baltica infrastructure project continue in Latvia, reports Latvian Radio's Zane Mače.
Latvia's Health Inspectorate says it's safe to swim in all 56 of Latvia's official swimming places, reports Latvian Radio.
Visitors to Riga this summer have been issued with an unusual challenge as they walk the streets of the Old Town - an invitation to immediate one-on-one combat that will more than likely see them crushed within five minutes.
They say an elephant never forgets - which is just as well when a project to build them a new home is running ten years behind schedule, reports Zane Mače of Latvian Radio, August 2.
Latvijas pasts, the national post company, has received 63 damaged mailbags, with the addresses of some become illegible.
A court has cut the jail sentence of the notorious 'Imanta paedophile' arrested in August 2015 after a year-long manhunt to twenty two years instead of the twenty five-year sentence given by a first-instance court, reported Latvian Radio on July 5.
A new institution should be established consisting of legal experts, economists, policy experts and historians to analyze whether bills fit the Satversme (Constitution) prior to becoming law, said the newly-elected chairwoman of the Latvian Constitutional Court in an interview with Latvian Radio on May 18.
Latvia's parliament, the Saeima, on May 11 reaffirmed its commitment to ban the use of animals in circuses in the second reading of the law amendments.
Before the long holidays many people are leaving Rīga on Friday. The authorities warn of traffic jams and invite people to plan their travels accordingly.