Latvia

Coming exercises in the Baltic Sea will give the alliance a chance to work Finland and Sweden into its complex web of defences

Riga, Latvia: Where the beer is cheap, the casinos glittery and the nightlife vibrant

Riga’s old town is ancient to the last brick but walk a few steps in either direction and the city will reveal its modernity. Sushi restaurants, ritzy bars, swanks shops, futuristic buildings.

Edgars Rinkevics, Latvia's foreign minister and an ardent backer of Ukraine, is sworn in as the new president

Rinkevics, 49, was elected by lawmakers in late May in a race against two other candidates. He ran as the candidate of his and Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins' New Unity party.

Latvia cancels licence of exiled Russian television station TV Rain

The liberal-leaning TV Rain, or Dozhd, shifted to broadcasting from Latvia and other countries in July, after being forced to shut its Moscow studio following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Another really tall structure was razed thousands of km away from Noida 3 days ago | Watch

The 80-metre (260 feet) concrete column was made up of five spires with three Soviet stars at the top and it stood between two groups of statues...

Herd the moos? Latvia's symbolic blue cow back from the brink

Legend has it that the blue cows get their colour from the sea, though in fact they are born almost beige. Their coat soon turns blue however and gets darker with the years.

Fastr: Your answer to social e-book reading

This week we put the spotlight on 30 year old Eldars Loginovs from Latvia who co-founded Fastr in 2012.

Travel Picks: Top 10 European cities to see now

With up and coming spots in Europe as the focus, the editors and members of travel website VirtualTourist (www.virtualtourist.com) have compiled a list of the "Top 10 European Cities To See Now".