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Festival in Riga to provoke debate – is a meat tax needed for the sake of climate and health?
Baltic News Network
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August 18, 2025
On the 23rd and 24th of August, the creative quarter Viskaļi in Riga will host the festival “Art for a Meat Tax”, with which the organizers hope to spark discussion on the introduction of a meat tax in Latvia, reports the initiative’s co-author...
Self-service 'bibliomats' appreciated by readers in Latvia
LSM
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August 18, 2025
A self-service machine for book receipt and handover has been introduced in 46 public libraries in Latvia. Readers appreciate this opportunity, Ilze Aizsila, head of the Mārupe municipal library, and Ilze Kļaviņa, library specialist at the...
Rēzekne is Latvia's Youth Capital 2026
LSM
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August 18, 2025
Rēzekne municipality has been announced as the Youth Capital of Latvia 2026, the Ministry of Education and Science (IZM) announced at the Youth Opportunities Festival ‘Kopums’ at the weekend. This year, the rules of the competition were changed...
Līga Žūka: 'Latvia’s health technology innovation environment is infertile'
LSM
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August 16, 2025
There is no shortage of smart minds in Latvia. At the same time, there are also plenty of good ideas and scientific foundations on which to build the future of healthcare. We have universities, researchers, and knowledge centres capable of...
Luka Doncic Injury Update: Slovenian star avoids major knee injury in teammate collision against Latvia
Sportskeeda
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August 16, 2025
Luka Doncic sent the LA Lakers and the Slovenian fans into panic mode when he exited the exhibition game against Latvia in EuroBasket 2025. However, to the consolation of many fans, it was later reported that the injury wasn't anything major....
European Commission Receives Keys To AI Gigafactory Blueprint For Latvia
MENAFN
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August 16, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 16. Finnish technology company DataCrunch Oy, in cooperation with the Republic of Latvia and international investors, has submitted a conceptual proposal to the European Commission for the...
Latvia Sees Publishing Of Its First-Ever Scholarly Cybersecurity Research
MENAFN
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August 15, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 15. The Ministry of Defense has announced the release of Latvia's first academic book on cybersecurity,“Cybersecurity in Latvia: Forging Resilience amidst Emerging Threats,” Trend reports. The...
Latvia Eyes Deeper Economic Ties With Israel In High-Tech Sectors (Exclusive)
MENAFN
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August 15, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 15. Latvia has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening economic cooperation with Israel, focusing on innovation-driven sectors such as defense technologies, green energy, and precision medicine,...
How different states are approaching AI
The Brookings Institution
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It is no surprise that nations are embracing and legislating artificial intelligence. At last count, 54 countries’ governments, ranging from China, India, and the United States to Uganda, Armenia, and Latvia, have published their own national AI...
Latvian Parliament receives harshest rating of the century – public cannot stand what it sees
Baltic News Network
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August 14, 2025
The performance of the current convocation of the Saeima has received one of the lowest ratings this century, according to a survey conducted by the research company SKDS. In a poll carried out this March, only 13% of respondents said that the...
Rīga marathon organisers boast EUR 17 million gain to state budget
LSM
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August 14, 2025
The Rimi Riga Marathon in May attracted almost EUR 17 million to the country's economy, significantly more than last year, organisers said on Thursday, 14 August. The data on the economic impact of the Rimi Riga Marathon was obtained in a study...
Latvia’s Ministry of Finance promises public procurement revolution – what will change
Baltic News Network
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August 14, 2025
With the planned reform of the public procurement system, it would potentially be possible to save 2–4% of public procurement expenditures, Finance Minister Arvils Ašeradens (JV) announced at a press conference on Thursday. The key proposals of...
All we are saying is 'Give peas a chance'
LSM
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August 18, 2025
It is described as "A three-day creative innovation sprint where, using a design thinking approach, participants will transform pea processing by-products into new, sustainable, and marketable solutions for both the food sector and beyond."...
Astonishing! Astounding! Exhibition shows Rīga used to be mysteriously entertaining
LSM
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August 15, 2025
Entertainment opportunities in 18th- and 19th century Riga were amazing and included mystery, magic, science, illusion, spectacle and, of course, show business, according to one of the curators of the new exhibition "Mystery and Illusion in Latvia...
Latvian high schoolers develop business projects at entrepreneurship camp
LSM
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August 13, 2025
This year’s youth entrepreneurship and leadership camp Junior Achievement Unlocked organised by the educational organisation Junior Achievement Latvia convened 32 of Latvia's most talented high school students, reports Labs of Latvia. During the...
Thousands of Latvian teachers train, but students’ achievement doesn’t improve; what is wrong?
Baltic News Network
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August 15, 2025
Although thousands of teachers take part in courses and seminars every year, students’ academic results show little improvement because the system is often disconnected from the teacher’s daily work, according to a study by the University of...
Latvia Finalizes Guidelines For Swiss Funding Implementation
MENAFN
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August 13, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 13. On Tuesday, August 12, the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers approved the management rules for the 2019–2029 Swiss–Latvian Cooperation Program, Trend reports. The regulations are designed to...
Hi-tech project to monitor state of key Rīga bridge
LSM
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August 15, 2025
In cooperation with the Riga Municipality’s Outdoor Space and Mobility Department, Latvian construction technology start-up Adventum Tech is going to implement its real-time structural performance monitoring system 'Digital Bridge' on the Vanšu...
Is Latvian fireweed matcha your cup of tea?
LSM
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August 15, 2025
Production of fireweed matcha tea has begun in the Madona municipality company ‘Plūkt’. It is an alternative to the traditional green tea, Latvian Radio reports on 15 August. The company ‘Plūkt’ has been operating in the Prauliena parish of Madona...
Finnish tech company has plans for "AI gigafactory" in Latvia
LSM
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August 15, 2025
Finnish technology company DataCrunch Oy, in cooperation with Latvia and international investors, has submitted a conceptual proposal to the European Commission for the establishment of an artificial intelligence (AI) gigafactory in Latvia, the...