RIGA - On Tuesday, Riga City Court sentenced Tatjana Masenko to three years in prison for glorifying war crimes committed by the Russian armed forces in Ukraine. Masenko was also sentenced to two ...

This funding would enable the opening of the Patarei Memorial Museum for the Victims of Communism, cover its first year of operating costs, and allow work to continue with the team that has prepared ...

VILNIUS - Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys met with North Macedonian Foreign Minister and Foreign Trade Minister Timco Mucunski in Vilnius on Tuesday to discuss European Union enlargement, ...

VILNIUS - Lithuania and Latvia will simulate the evacuation of residents from the Lithuanian city of Siauliai to Kekava in Latvia on Tuesday as part of joint exercises to test cross-border population ...

VILNIUS - President Gitanas Nauseda said Russia's hybrid attacks pose an increasing direct threat to NATO security, underscoring the need to strengthen the Alliance's deterrence and air defence, ...

RIGA - During a meeting at the Saeima on Tuesday, Saeima Speaker Edvards Smiltens (United List) and U.S. Ambassador to Latvia Melissa Argyros emphasized the potential for economic cooperation between ...

RIGA - Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze (New Unity) said as she chaired a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine in New York on Monday.

TALLINN - The European Commission has released its 2026 EU Climate Action and Carbon Market reports, revealing a continued decline in the EU's greenhouse gas emissions. The reports also highlight the ...

VILNIUS - Lithuania plans to build power plants with a combined capacity of 800 megawatts by 2033 to ensure emergency electricity supplies across the country, with the project expected to cost 880 ...

RIGA - Law enforcement officers in Riga have detained a group of skinheads, some of whom are minors, the State Police informed LETA. On January 26, the police launched a criminal investigation into ...

"Tallinn's 2025 budget had already allocated funds for drafting the zoo's strategic development documents and a comprehensive spatial vision, but the current city government has not managed to produce ...

The Inese Galante Foundation invites audiences to a series of Christmas concerts, “Christmas Prelude” - three musical evenings on 10, 11 and 12 December, taking place in two of Riga’s landmark ...