The government of Latvia today approved new Fire Safety Regulations, where one provision is that all apartments and private homes will have to be equipped with smoke detectors from 2020, reports LETA.

Estonia-based construction company Merko Ehitus established a fully owned subsidiary in Ukraine called LLC Merko Ukraine, Merko Ehitus reports to NASDAQ OMX Tallinn. The establishing process was a ...

Two Latvian soldiers were killed by insurgents in a battle in Afghanistan, as Airis Rikveilis, head of the defense minister's bureau, confirmed to LETA. This morning Sergeant Voldemars Ansevics and ...

The Harju County Court ruled on Thursday that businessman Toomas Tool was not guilty of manipulating the securities market, LETA/National Broadcasting reports. The court also ruled that Tool’s (46) co ...

The current owner of the Plus punkts chain of kiosks and corner shops Ibofa Establishment Ltd. was taken over illegally, the representative of the company's former Danish owner and investor Filips ...

Klaipeda Free Economy Zone (LEZ) has signed an agreement with a new investor Heidelberg Klaipeda for allocation of more than ten million litas in development of logistics terminal, ELTA/LETAreports ...

Amazon said on Wednesday it was extending its on-demand video streaming service to more than 200 countries, including Estonia, reports LETA. Until now, Amazon Prime Video was available only in the ...

In order to improve the welfare system in Latvia, Ministry of Welfare is proposing three alternatives to the current system of calculating minimum subsistence level, as well as other changes, for ...

According to a survey, which purpose was to clarify what eye color the people of Latvia have, turned out that the most common eye color among citizens of Latvia is bluish-grey. The research, which was ...

On November 21.11.2013 Maxima shopping center roof collapsed in Riga, Latvia causing deaths and international news. While the rescue work and cleaning of the site is still ongoing, the causes of the ...

Anticipating rising demand for higher-capacity wireless radio links, Modesat Communications, a developer of innovative high-throughput modem technology in Estonia, announced the opening of its US ...

The Raadila Adventure Park – the first in Tartu – opened doors on Wednesday, the Estonian national broadcasting corporation ERR reports. The park currently has eight climbing tracks, four – for ...