8+ hour, 33+ min ago   (163+ words) / Article Latvian public media In Latvia there was only an 8% increase in the number of first residence permits issued The figure was 9 027 in 2024 and 9 073 in 2025 Of that total, 1 367 permits were issued for family reasons, and 2 981 were for educational reasons Employment…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (130+ words) Take note – story published 7 years and 7 months ago At one point, around 700,000 demonstrators had gathered on the streets of Rīga in a remarkable show of solidarity characteristic of the times of change. As is now traditional, barricade fires and candles…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (218+ words) The Ministers visited the eastern border and discussed strengthening NATO’s eastern flank, combating illegal migration, EU support for countries on the eastern border, assistance to Ukraine and further sanctions pressure against Russia. In Terehova, the Ministers were briefed on the…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (191+ words) / Article LSM Under an international agreement, there is currently one regular bus route from Latvia to Russia Daily services to Moscow are operated by SIA “Norma-A”, which provides passenger transport under the “Ecolines” brand The route licence is…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (162+ words) / Article LSM The incident is particularly notable as it happened in Madona district, which is in central Latvia well away from the eastern border with Belarus which is the main route used by people smugglers "During the operation and information…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (696+ words) An anti-war poster by artist Krišis Salmanis appeared on the facade of the Pauls Stradiņš Museum of the History of Medicine a few weeks after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It was placed directly opposite the Russian embassy by residents…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (211+ words) The court changed the security measure previously imposed on Guszczyn – detention – to placing the accused under police supervision. As an additional security measure, he was banned from leaving the country. The court also previously received personal guarantees for Guščins from…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (180+ words) / Article LSM This decision was taken at the government meeting on 1 September Interior Minister Jānis Dombrava (National Alliance) said that extending the operation would "demonstrate that Latvia is strong" and "send a strong message to Belarus that the exploitation…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (187+ words) / Article LSM The new ESTPOL11 rotation replaced the team who have been working in Latvia for the last two weeks The Estonian Police and Border Guard (PPA) will "support Latvia in preventing illegal migration and protecting the external borders of the…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (326+ words) Take note – story published 10 years and 11 months ago Slightly more than two-thirds of Latvia's residents oppose the accommodation of refugees from Northern Africa and Middle East in Latvia, according to a public opinion survey by the "Latvijas fakti" company carried…...