05 Feb 2024 News

The new Baltic Startup Funding Report is published

The new Baltic Startup Funding Report by FIRSTPICK and Change Ventures compares the Baltic states with European leaders in startup funding. The report overviews the highs and lows of the startup funding peculiarities in H2 of 2023. 

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18 Mar 2024

Latvia calls for manganese sanctions against Russia

On March 18 2024, at the European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, Latvia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Krišjānis Kariņš, called for an increase in the sanctions pressure on Russia and for work to begin on a fourteenth round of sanctions against Russia.

18 Mar 2024

Russian presidential ‘election’ shows 2% turnout in Latvia

Voters in the so-called Russian presidential “elections” gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Riga on Sunday, March 17. Several protests were also held there. Law enforcement officers monitored the situation and several people were detained, Latvian Radio and Latvian Television reported.