The annual ''Staro Rīga'' (Riga Shines) illumination festival will celebrate its tenth birthday on November 18 as Latvia celebrates its own 99th birthday. 

On April 12, 2016, the government confirmed the dates for the 26th National Song and 16th Dance Festival, the Latvian National Culture Center told the press.

Riga International Airport has recorded its busiest year ever, serving 5.16 million passengers and improving upon the record set in 2011 for the nu

The 13th edition of the annual charity event, exhibition and fair "Jarmarka" opened its doors just last week at the Art Academy of Latvia.

The Rīga Conference had its tenth annual meeting on 6-7th of November.

EuroBasket 2015 tournament, kicking-off on September 5, features 24 teams broken down into four first-round groups in four different countries - Croatia, France, Germany and Latvia.

On August 20, some of the most influential minds from the world of strategic communications, media, defence and security gathered in Rīga for the conference "The Riga StratCom Dialogue: Perception Matters", organized by NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence in Rīga.

The annual Rīga City Festival, this year marking the 814th anniversary of the City of Rīga and the 815th anniversary of the Rīga Port, was attended by more than 300,000 people during the weekend. The Rīga City Council informs that this is a record high number.

The VIII Nordic-Baltic Choral Festival offers more than 20 events in both Rīga and Latvia's region from June 25 to 28.

On May 20 and May 21, the European Union's (EU) Eastern Partnership (EaP) Civil Society Conference was held in Riga.