A new Latvian startup platform, Startup Latvia, has been launched.

Latvia's economy is set to be one of the best-performing in the European Union over the next couple of years, according to latest predictions from the European Commission released November 9.

The Latvian startup ecosystem platform Labs of Latvia has published an easy-to-understand guide to the country's innovative startup law that aims to encourage foreign investment.

Latvia's flag carrier airline airBaltic flew close to 20% more passengers in the first half of 2017 over the same period last year, the airline told the press on July 18.

A new technology that can control a city’s infrastructure is currently being tested in Rīga, and hopefully that will make it possible to turn the Latvian capital city into one of the smartest cities in Europe. This announcement was made by the Latvian telecoms company Lattelecom during the Digital Freedom Festival.

Latvia’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved an Economics Ministry programme to lower taxes and co-fund the salaries of highly qualified employees at start-up companies in 2017. The Economics Ministry has been charged with organising a EUR 3 million programme to co-fund wages when start-ups lack financing to hire qualified specialists. The plan is to be submitted to the full Cabinet of Ministers on October 11.

The first meeting of transportation ministers from the Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) and China (the 16+1 format) and a business conference were held in Rīga May 16-17.

Exports of Latvian mechanical engineering and metalworking companies grew 7 % in 2015 in comparison with 2014 and reached turnover of 817.314 milli

Valmiera Glass Group, one of Europe’s leading glass fibre manufacturers, plans to expand its United States headquarters in Dublin, Ga., inves