A survey that was carried out by British researchers indicated that the happiest and the greenest place of residents in the world is Costa Rica while Estonia is quite far from it, writes the National ...

With the purpose to give Europeans a better idea about the crimes committed by totalitarian regimes, a museum dedicated to this theme should be opened in Brussels, member of the European Parliament ...

According to the Government committee on transition to digital TV coverage, Estonia is largely ready for transferring to digital television, writes Postimees Online/LETA. The committee noted that ...

There may be only five or six large car dealers in Estonia that are likely to survive the current economic decline, writes Postimees/LETA. According to the car dealers, the rapidly decreasing numbers ...

The city of Tallinn will restore this summer an old tradition – the Tallinn-Monte Carlo rally but different from the Star Ride of the 1930s, the 3,000 km distance will this summer be covered by ...

The first attempt to sell the newly-established joint-stock company Citadele banka will most probably take place already in the near future, Citadele banka board chairman Juris Jakobsons told a press ...

On January 16, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas and Defence Minister of Hungary Dr. Csaba Hende met at the Ministry of National Defence and addressed security and defence matters ...

Waste management company Zala josta has acquired another waste management company, Vides pakalpojumu grupa (VPG), as Zala josta CEO Janis Lapsa told the Nozare.lv business portal, cites LETA. As a ...

The Latvian Association of Journalists (LAJ) is opposed to the amendments, in the basic law on the press and mass media, approved at a meeting of state secretaries, calling them a major restriction of ...

On February 1-3, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) will hold a Maritime Evaluation (MAREVAL) Course for members of navies of NATO states at the Headquarters of the Lithuanian Naval ...

Zbignevs Stankevics was ordained as the new metropolitan archbishop of the Archdiosese of Riga on August 8 in a ceremony at Riga Dome Cathedral which was attended by several bishops of the Roman ...

A committee of well-known Latvian cinema experts have selected Maris Martinsons' "Amaya" for consideration for the American Motion Picture Academy's coveted Oscar award in the category Best Foreign ...