Hot potable water supply to apartment buildings in Riga^apostrofs;s Jugla residential area can become a health hazard because old water pipes are being replaced with inexpensive zinc-coated pipes that do not comply with construction regulations...

The Swiss company "IMS Studio 6", key figure in the construction of the multi-functional sports/entertainment complex in Riga, dropped the project yesterday, Latvian Ice Hockey Federation President Kirovs Lipmans informed LETA.

Repairing several Riga bridges at once is not reasonable, Prime Minister and ex-Mayor of Riga, Andris Berzins, said in an interview on the Latvian State Radio today.

The Saeima plenary rejected a proposal by deputies of Saeima faction of For Human Rights In A United Latvia (PCTVL) that Prime Minister Andris Berzins, chairman of the organizing committee for the ice hockey world...

The "Rolands" Hotel, owned by the firm "Skonto AL", is to open at 3a Kalku Street in Old Town Riga at the end of May, executive director of the hotel, Marika Zante, informed.

Until the end of 2004, about ten "Maxi Rimi" hyper-markets are to be opened in Latvia, the director of "Rimi Latvija" hyper-market network, Aigars Abolins, told reporters today.

Both Riga and Kazan cities have common problems concerning construction work in their historic old towns sections, as it was concluded during today^apostrofs;s meeting of the delegation from the Republic of Tatarstan with representatives from...

New Era (Jaunais laiks) party leader Einars Repse, who has been following press coverage of the controversy over the planned USD 400 million ice hockey arena in Riga, says that it can be surmised that...

Yesterday, a working report was released on the impact of the renovation project of the state joint-stock power company "Latvenergo^apostrofs;s^apostrofs;^apostrofs; Riga thermal power station (TEC) on the environment, LETA was informed by Andris Siksnis from...