On Wednesday, 21 January, members of Riga City Council approved the capital's budget for 2026, with families, education, security, economic growth and infrastructure development as the main…
Riga is the first capital city in the world to be awarded the status of "Angels Region" – an international recognition of regions where stroke care is delivered at the highest quality, improving the…
On 4 December, at the beginning of the Advent season, a Christmas tree decorating event took place in front of the Riga Congress House, where Riga Mayor ViestursKleinbergs and foreign ambassadors…
The traditional Riga City Council award, Riga Citizen of the Year 2025, has been awarded to Aigars Nords for his outstanding success in organising international running festivals for 35 years,…
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,…
The Riga City Council coalition has accomplished a significant amount of important work in its first 100 days, laying the foundations for positive changes in the capital, as representatives of the…
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,…
The shopping center Origo, in cooperation with the Riga City Council, law enforcement institutions and social partners, continues purposeful work to strengthen public order and develop the…
This week, from 4 to 5 September, Riga hosts the European Hydrogen Valleys Investment Forum 2025, bringing together more than 600 participants from across Europe and the world – investors,…
