The Latest Breaking News from Riga

With its vibrant culture, ancient winding streets and Christmas markets for days, Riga is the perfect winter getaway. Vicky Jessop has your guide to the perfect 48 hours in the Latvian capital

The Latvian capital was found to have the lowest price for a two-night trip out of 12 European destinations analysed by Post Office Travel Money.

Latvia's parliament has elected long-serving Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics as the country's next president, Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins said on Wednesday.

Locations included in the £69 Eurovision Summer Holiday offer are Disneyland Paris, Sweden, France and Germany

In a Stalinist skyscraper which dominates the skyline of Latvia's capital, dozens of elderly Russians wait to take a basic Latvian language test as a proof of loyalty to a country where they have lived for decades.

‘Gradual’ is Germans Ermičs’ first solo exhibition, on show at MDAD at his hometown Riga until 28 May 2023

Russian-origin fertilizer which Latvia seized due to European Union sanctions is being sent to Kenya by the United Nations' World Food Program, Latvia's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. The first shipment of part of the 200,000 tons of the seized fertilizer left the port of Riga on Friday and several…

Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Latvian capital Riga has become a hub of journalists, Russian intellectuals and Ukrainian refugees opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Local Latvians, who are proud of their independence gained in 1991, do not want to turn back the clock. Hundreds…

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine has faltered, state propaganda has become ever more strident. But a group of exiled journalists is fighting back.