Be sure to sample some of the traditional Latvian fare -- restaurants here ... Hill of Crosses, Rundale Palace and Bauska castle (146 reviews) 5, 5 Hour Shared Tour to Hill of Crosses from Riga ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Swedish soldiers disembarked in the port of Riga, Latvia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, to join a Canadian-led ...

Latvia’s move to tighten rules on selling tobacco products and substitutes is seeing businesses in the Baltic country scrambling to find loopholes to circumvent the law. Starting in January 2025 ...

Even so, a west-central Wisconsin deer camp built its multi-generation legacy through shared Latvian bloodlines. Latvia is a small country 400 miles southeast across the Baltic Sea from Sweden. At ...

OTTAWA — Linards Feldbergs could barely stop smiling throughout the World Juniors. It started when Latvia upset Canada 3-2 in the preliminary round, which set off alarm bells throughout the host ...

The Palace of Versailles, known as château de Versailles in French, is a paragon of Baroque architecture that once served as a royal residence and the de facto capital of France—but its ...

With the IIHF World Junior Championship just around the corner, Team Latvia announced their final roster early on Wednesday morning. Head coach Artis Abols will be leading Latvia’s U20 team for ...

Crystal Palace claimed a late point with a 1-1 draw against Chelsea at Selhurst Park as the Blues' winless run continued into 2025. It was Jean-Philippe Mateta who hit back for Palace in the 82nd ...

Canada was embarrassed on home soil 3-2 by Latvia — a country it had thumped by a combined 41-4 score across four previous meetings — in a shocking shootout Friday. Coming off a disastrous ...

Sweden sent 550 troops from one of its mechanized infantry battalions to Riga, Latvia, on Saturday to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade on NATO’s eastern flank. Latvia borders Russia to the ...

Eriks Mateiko scored the only goal of the shootout Friday as Latvia stunned an alarmingly uninspired Canada 3-2 in the powerhouse nation's backyard. "They battled," said Cameron, the Canadian head ...