Big on history, architecture and – latterly – fine food, this often overlooked city is ideal for a budget weekend away ...

The real estate market in Latvia has picked up, and Estonian developers are taking the lead in many new projects.

As a small nation of less than two million people Latvia has achieved a regulatory balance which allows it to welcome gaming ...

The Riga Cathedral, the largest in the Baltics, features remarkable medieval architecture and an impressive organ, regularly used in concerts. A must-see is the Soviet-era Latvian Academy of ...

The Jews who came to the Eastern part of Latvia — including the nation’s capital, Riga — did not fare so ... The focus is on the Nazi and Soviet occupations from 1940 to 1991.

"Jewish education is not a luxury. It is our frontline. It is where we win or lose the battle for the Jewish future".

China is expanding its navy on a large scale. Equally impressive are the test centers created to support this process. According to satellite images from early April, the Chinese "land-based aircraft ...

The Russians wanted some of the West’s currency, and western tourists were curious about Soviet-occupied countries ... I took a backstage tour of the opera building some 90 minutes before ...