It is likely that Latvian-German joint venture light-bulb manufacturer Vermerk will be sold to investors from Russia or Ukraine, as newspaper "Biznes&Baltija" reports today. Management of the plant, ...

The retail sector is going to see major price reduction initiatives next year, LETA was told at Maxima Latvija retail company. The trend will be brought about by increasingly stiff competition among ...

Commander of Estonian defense forces Lt. Gen. Riho Terras on December 12th unveiled in Tallinn the memorial bust of British Admiral Sir Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair who supported the Estonian people in ...

London's Shakespeare Globe theatre commenced the "Globe to Globe" festival, which will showcase performances of every single Shakespear's play, Lithuania's Hamlet directed by Eimuntas Nekrosius, The ...

Hugo Osula, the major owner MootorReisi AS, which is operating under trademark Eurolines Baltic, bought 40% of MootorReisi from German bus operator Deutsche Touring Gmbh, Äripäev/LETA reports. Osula ...

From 23 August until 26 October 2014, at the Arsenāls Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art (1 Torņa Street, Riga), on view will be comprehensive retrospective of work by world ...

According to a survey, which purpose was to clarify what eye color the people of Latvia have, turned out that the most common eye color among citizens of Latvia is bluish-grey. The research, which was ...

Norwegian Ambassador to Estonia Stein Vegard Hagen died in Tallinn yesterday, Estonian press reports. A book of condolences is opened on Monday and Tuesday in the Norwegian embassy. The Riigikogu ...

In the first quarter of 2012, Latvia's forest industry exports increased by 12.5% on the first three months of 2011, according to data from the Agriculture Ministry's Forest Department. In ...

The strategy that was approved by the Government in the beginning of May was compiled by experts of the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications and of the State ...

Today, Latvia will officially become an observer country in the African Union, LETA was informed by the Foreign Ministry's press and information department. Latvian Ambassador to Egypt Maris Selga ...

European Union (EU) officials receive huge salaries, making white-collar residents from Eastern Europe rushing to find jobs at EU institutions in Brussels, according to a feature story in the ''The ...