If you are looking for a cultural experience in addition to your time in nature, visiting during the summer solstice celebration of Jāņi can be particularly fruitful. A vacation in Latvia might ...

Last year’s inaugural event was called the Summer Solstice Arts and Music Festival. Cliff Verhoeff of TCB Entertainment, which produces the event, said the name was changed to draw more regional ...

RIGA, Latvia (AP) — “Flow,” a wordless cat parable that became the first Latvian film to win an Academy Award, prompted a ...

The Latvian president has urged European countries to "absolutely" introduce conscription, as he conceded the continent was "quite weak" militarily. Edgars Rinkevics told Sky's Sunday Morning ...

European countries should “absolutely” be introducing conscription to combat the threat of Russian aggression, Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs said Sunday, as Europe grows increasingly ...

A month after Latvia hosted a major multinational NATO operation on the alliance's eastern flank, the country's former prime minister, Krisjanis Karins, spoke to Morning Edition about new signals ...

Latvia’s parliament on Thursday took a step toward banning travel agencies from providing tourism services in Russia and Belarus, with the aim of reducing the risks of possible human rights violations ...

Latvia's president has urged other European countries to follow its lead and bring back conscription in the face of Russian aggression. Edgars Rinkevics said the Baltic state's allies and ...

The win gives Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis his first Academy Award. “Flow” was made with Blender, a free, open-source graphics software tool using computer generated animation.