On September 25 and 26, the Association of Business Services Leaders (ABSL) forum “Create and Secure the Future – Now!” will take place in Riga, at “Hanzas Perons”, Hanzas Street 16A. The significant…
For the first time, European Mobility Week hosted the international "Walk for your City" challenge, where residents from almost 500 European cities competed for the title of the most active walking…
The mayors of Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius have sent a joint letter to Google's management this week calling for the current cycling infrastructure in the Baltic capitals to be reflected in Google Maps…
Last week, on 11 and 12 September, Marina Zanchi, Director of the European Commission’s Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA), visited Latvia to learn first-hand about digital development,…
In the first half of this year, the total number of guests served at Riga's hotels increased by 12.4% compared to the same period in 2024. Visitors spent 1,243,673 nights in Riga, confirming the…
Last week, the representatives from the Estonian Ministry of Culture, the National Heritage Board, the Environment Agency, the Estonian Academy of Arts and other bodies visited the restoration…
27 August to 14 September, Riga will become one of the basketball capitals of Europe, hosting part of the continent’s most important basketball event – FIBA EuroBasket 2025. Thousands of fans from…
From 14 to 17 August, Riga will host a delegation from the twin city of Bremen, represented by Dr. Alexandra Tacke and Ralf Perplies, Director of the Bremer Volkshochschule (Bremen Adult Education…
The Rimi Riga Marathon, which attracted a record number of runners from 109 countries worldwide to the Latvian capital in May 2025, has brought almost EUR 17 million to the Riga economy this year. …
The Riga Municipality geospatial data portal GEO RIGA (georiga.lv) has received international recognition by receiving an award from Esri, the world's leading GIS software developer, for special…
