An additional probe on the impact of the planned cellulose plant on the environment must be carried out as part of implementation of the "Baltic Pulp" project, the newspaper "Dienas Bizness" (DB) reports.

Riga City Council Chairman Gundars Bojars approved of the preparations under way at "Skonto" Center for the 2003 "Eurovision" Song Contest, and pointed out that the area in the vicinity of the center, which is...

In expanding its operations in the Baltic countries, the Finnish company "Sonepar Finland/SLO" (SLO) has bought the Latvian electrical appliances retail company "MG Elektro Ltd.", LETA was informed by the SLO representative Pekka Syrjakari.

Restoration of the historic Kemeri Sanatorium in Jurmala is to be completed by the end of May 2004, when a high-class medical and recreational complex will open, Latvian Privatization Agency (LPA) Director General Arnis Ozolnieks...

For safety reasons, traffic will closed on Brivibas Street in Riga near the shopping mall "Alfa" where the water pipeline rupture has been discovered, LETA was informed by "Rigas udens" press secretary Arturs Mucenieks.

Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government Affairs believes that the design project for the so-called "Saules akmens" (Sun Stone) high-rise office building near Vansu Bridge does not meet specifications for the Kipsala area since...

During the joint breakfast with coalition partners today, Prime Minister Einars Repse promised to hold a meeting with several Cabinet ministers to review the matter of the major construction projects sprouting up in Riga.