Latvia Weekly

15/07/2025

The ‘Riga Single Ticket’ has been introduced for passengers using the services of the train passenger carrier Vivi - Vienā vilcienā and Rīgas Satiksme.

The ‘Riga Single Ticket’ has been introduced for passengers using both the services of the train passenger carrier Vivi and Rīgas Satiksme, the companies said in a statement on 15 July.

13/06/2025

NEW PODCAST EPISODE:

Joe breaks down the biggest takeaways from the muniicpal elections that happened Saturday as well as the aftermath before interviewing composer and professor of music and education Scott Brickman about his experiences reconnecting with his Latvian roots in a big way over the past few years.

Joe breaks down the biggest takeaways from the muniicpal elections that happened Saturday as well as the aftermath before interviewing composer and professor of music and education Scott Brickman abou

03/06/2025

Latvia’s road transport crisis continues – dozens of bus routes cancelled due to driver shortage.

Due to a shortage of drivers, passenger carriers cancelled a total of 19 bus routes on Friday, according to the website of the Road Transport Administration. Among them, AS “Liepājas autobusu parks” cancelled 14 bus routes, AS “Nordeka” cancelled four routes, and SIA “Latvijas sabiedriska...

03/06/2025

BNN IN FOCUS | “Every decision has a name and a surname” – Who should be held accountable for the airBaltic funds?

The state has failed to monitor the recovery of public funds invested in the airline airBaltic during the Covid-19 period and has largely acted as a “wallet to draw from,” the State Audit Office has concluded. Meanwhile, former Ministers of Transport Tālis Linkaits (JKP), Jānis Vitenbergs (NA)...

03/06/2025

Latvia’s Foreign Minister explains why pressure on Russia is the path to peace.

Today, many acknowledge that we in the Baltic states were right to warn about Russia’s drift towards militarism and autocracy, as well as its imperialist ambitions. Russian imperialism has deep roots. It existed before Vladimir Putin and will most likely survive him. This is not a “paranoid beli...

03/06/2025

According to figures published on June 2nd by the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB), the population of Latvia stood at 1,857,000 at the beginning of 2025.

According to fresh figures published June 2nd by the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB), the population of Latvia stood at around 1,857,000 at the beginning of 2025.

03/06/2025

Latvia voted onto the UN Security Council for 2026-2027.

As widely expected, Latvia was voted onto the influential United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on June 3, as the result of a ballot of member countries at the United Nations building in New York, US...

03/06/2025

🔔 Today at 10 AM NY time | 5 PM Riga time
📣 The votes on Latvia’s first-ever candidacy for a seat on the UN Security Council (2026–2027)
A historic moment for 🇱🇻!
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21/05/2025

15/05/2025

Latvian eyes are smiling! Well done to Tautumeitas, Latvia's Eurovision Song Contest entry on reaching the Eurovision Grand Final on Saturday. 👏👏Bring it home to Riga ladies! 👍🇱🇻🎤🎼🥳☺️

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Also making it through to the Grand Final is Latvia 🇱🇻

07/05/2025

NEW PODCAST EPISODE!!!!!

Hello everyone! After a long hiatus, the Latvia Weekly podcast is finally back in a slightly different format! Unfortunately it's just Joe for the time being since Otto is still extremely busy and their schedules no longer align at all, so from here out Joe's going to open with a few minutes of summarizing major news stories and then do a half hour or so interview each week. This time he talked with artist Katrīna Tračuma, whose solo show is opening in Jelgava tomorrow and you should definitely check out! We hope you enjoy!

Latvia Weekly is back in a new format, with Joe covering some main happenings of the week and then interviewing Jelgava artist Katrīna Tračuma about the opening of her solo exhibition in Jelgava "Zemn

18/03/2025

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c757kpk21d9o

Nato allies believe Russia is running sabotage operations to undermine European support for Ukraine.