Countries and cities across Europe are competing fiercely for investment from international companies – manufacturing plants, business services centres and technology projects. On 29 October, 11…
To create a unified transport infrastructure and public transport system across the entire Riga metropolitan area, the Riga City Council, in collaboration with local governments of the greater Riga…
A delegation from Riga City Council, led by the city’s Executive Director, Jānis Lange, participated in the Connecting Europe Days 2026 conference in Brussels from 29 September to 1 October, which…
On Wednesday, 30 September, Māris Sprindžuks, Deputy Chairman of the Riga City Council, and Edgars Bergholcs, Chairman of the Urban Development Committee, met with representatives of the diplomatic…
On Tuesday, 15 September, the heads of Estonian municipalities and crisis management specialists visited Riga City Council to get acquainted with the experience of the capital of Latvia in civil…
From 14 to 16 April, Viesturs Kleinbergs, the Chairman of Riga City Council, will pay a working visit to Hamburg, Luebeck and Rostock to participate in the German-Latvian Port Days, high-level…
This week, on 17 and 18 February, a team of European experts from Esri, the world’s leading Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software developer, paid a two-day visit to Riga. The aim of the…
From 14 to 16 January 2026, an international experience exchange event took place in Riga as part of the Nordplus Junior program project "Nordic-Baltic Cooperation for the Development of Critical…
To learn about the experience of the Helsinki municipality in providing opportunities for high school-age youth to train at a high level in basketball to strive for becoming national team players,…
Jānis Lange, Executive Director of the City of Riga, is elected Regional Vice President of the International City and County Management Association (ICMA). This makes him one of the 21 members of…
