Last year, the number of tourists in Riga surpassed one million for the first time since 2019, reaching 1.2 million visitors. The number of tourists staying overnight in Riga hotels has increased by…
Riga is participating in the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme project, which will develop a digital twin for real-time monitoring and management of energy flows. The…
Since last week, the city centre has been closed to transit traffic of heavy goods vehicles. In the first days after the introduction of the new traffic arrangements, the Riga Municipal Police warned…
On Thursday, December 21, the Eastern Motorway opened to traffic in Riga, with construction starting in May 2021, with both phases of the project running in parallel. The total length of the motorway…
Riga City Council has announced an international architecture competition to develop a vision for the preservation of the value of the Great Cemetery and the development of the infrastructure of this…
Greeting the Republic of Latvia on its 105th birthday, the capital will host a solemn flower-laying ceremony and military parade, various concerts, light installations and decorations of celebration…
Six sketch designs proposed for round two of Riga Philharmonic architecture competition. The anonymity of the participants will be preserved until the results of the second round are announced. The…
Riga Municipality will again this year take part in the largest global campaign “Earth Hour” organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature On Saturday, 25 March, from 20:30, the decorative lighting of…
To show support for Ukraine and commemorate the one-year mark since the beginning of the invasion of the Russian Federation, the Riga Municipality has installed special decorations in the city and…
On Wednesday, February 15, in the presence of the Riga City Council leadership, Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development Māris Sprindžuks signed an order on the entry into force…
