Vilnius Mayor Arturas Zuokas has won Ig Nobel Peace Prize for demonstrating that the problem of illegally parked luxury cars could be solved by squashing them with an armoured tank, writes LETA/ELTA, ...

A group of enterprising people intends to revive sugar production in Latvia, which was halted a couple of years ago, newspaper Dienas Bizness/LETA reports. So far the project is only in the stage of ...

The Lembergs family, Leonids Esterkins and the Lipmans family are the wealthiest people in Latvia, according to a list of Latvia's 100 richest persons printed in the magazine "VIP Lounge". According ...

In November 2011, Eesti Energia Technology Industries finished the four-month project during which the current oil-production chimney of Eesti Energia Oil & Gas was replaced and a new electrostatic ...

On May 29, tens of thousands of blondes will parade through the Latvian capital of Riga, as part of the city’s annual Go Blonde festival. airBaltic welcomes Go Blonde visitors to Riga on the airline’s ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has completed its previously announced acquisition of molecular biology enterprise Fermentas International Inc, Fermentas ...

Casino Polonia-Wroclaw sp. z o.o., Polish subsidiary of the listed Estonian gaming group Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG), has filed a bankruptcy petition with a Polish court, OEG told the stock ...

On February 1-3, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) will hold a Maritime Evaluation (MAREVAL) Course for members of navies of NATO states at the Headquarters of the Lithuanian Naval ...

The Estonian construction company Windoor has been awarded 22.7 million euros by the Stockholm arbitration court in a debate with a state-owned Kazakh company, the business daily Aripaev reports, ...

Since the state-owned Kazakh company has still not recognized the decision made by the Stockholm arbitration court in favor of the Estonian construction company Windoor at the beginning of last year, ...

Alvis Haze, board member of conflict-struck Ventspils transit company Ventbunkers and close associate of Swiss lawyer Rudolf Meroni, was arrested yesterday evening, the business portal Nozare.lv was ...

On his working visit in Canada, Latvia’s President Andris Berzins took time to meet with management at the Bombardier company in Montreal, informs LETA. Andris Berzins visits the Bombardier company in ...