Riga City Council invites residents to submit candidates for the municipal "Riga Citizen of the Year 2022” award, which will be conferred for the 14th year. The winner will be announced on 18…
In mid-October, street improvement works in Riga's city centre have been completed. In total, 12 sections of streets have been upgraded. Work started in spring with the planting of 57 trees and…
On Wednesday, 19 October, Riga City Council decided to donate EUR 200,000 for general support of the Ukrainian society. On 10 October, Riga City Council received a letter from the municipality of…
From 27 to 30 October, the Ulyana Semyonova Basketball Cup will be held for the tenth time where U-15 and U-17 girls’ teams representing four countries, i.e. Latvia, Estonia, Slovakia, and Hungary,…
On Thursday, October 13, President Mārtiņš Staķis, Chairman of Riga City Council, together with the Mayors of Florence, Kyiv, Gdansk and Lyon, met with Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European…
Participating in the opening session of the 20th #EURegionsWeek workshop in Brussels, Riga City Councillor Justīne Panteļējeva shared her experience on how the capital's local government is trying to…
Riga City Council Housing and Environment Department continues planting large trees in various neighbourhoods of the capital this autumn. This spring, the Department planted 89 large trees in public…
This autumn, Riga restaurants will host the long-awaited Autumn Riga Restaurant Week. Continuing the tradition, the event will take place for 2 weeks – from 17 to 30 October. More than 40 restaurants…
On Friday, 14 October, at 15:00, in front of the Russian Embassy in Riga, opening event of the exhibition "Mom, I Don't Want War!" of the Polish-Ukrainian Archives Project will take place. The…
With the growing popularity of outdoor swimming during winter, Riga City Council continues to improve the infrastructure at several bathing sites in the capital to improve the comfort of residents…
