Commentary
Lending in Latvia. Still the weak link?
Lending in Latvia. Still the weak link?
Bank loans represent one of the investment sources ensuring economic development. It is difficult to imagine a situation where the economy can see a dynamic long-term development without lending; therefore, access to loans, especially among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), is of critical importance, writes Latvian central bank economist Andrejs Kurbatskis for Macroeconomics.lv
Who will pay for price hikes?
Who will pay for price hikes?
"Hello, could I have this bun, please?" a student only half awake addresses the saleswoman, handing her a euro for his daily breakfast.
My Refugee Playlist
My Refugee Playlist
What music do refugees listen to? Of all the questions I could’ve asked myself while preparing to drive to Ukraine and bring a vanload of them back, that was the one that occurred to me.
May brought a heavy electricity bill and an emptier food basket
May brought a heavy electricity bill and an emptier food basket
There is a saying that we appreciate something only when it has passed and ended. Maybe the electricity bill for May will help us realise that the government support provided during the previous months had reduced these bills significantly. 
Latvia is not a way of avoiding saying 'Russia'
Latvia is not a way of avoiding saying 'Russia'
A country the size of Latvia isn’t often OVER-represented, but seeing their country’s name one time too many is exactly what raised quite a few of the Rīga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF) delegates’ eyebrows when they opened [influential film industry publication] Screen International at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
It's time to be proud of being Eastern European
It's time to be proud of being Eastern European
As the horrifying images and stories from Bucha are published, the West is grasping to process what has been done there by the Russian army. Some even try to question if it’s real. After WW2 the entire world said “Never again”. But here we are. Again.
Listen to a Latvian Saint Patrick's Day podcast
Listen to a Latvian Saint Patrick's Day podcast
March 17 is the national day of Ireland, St. Patrick's Day. To mark the occasion the independent 'Latvia Weekly' podcast has a special edition featuring an interview with the Irish ambassador to Latvia, Eimar Friel.
Thirty thousand small acts of defiance
Thirty thousand small acts of defiance
As the stars on Freedom Monument glittered in the spring sun, tens of thousands of people marched on from Milda, as the sculpted woman on the monument is affectionately called, to the Ukrainian Embassy in Rīga on Saturday in a show of solidarity with tens of millions facing senseless war in a peace-loving country.
'Sumy, Ukraina, I'm with you!'
'Sumy, Ukraina, I'm with you!'
Tuesday in northern Latvia was sunny, but still quite cold. The ice gave the impression it couldn't decide whether it should melt, and so would wait a bit longer before committing itself one way or the other.
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