PARIS - Press freedom around the world is under threat from a triple whammy of US President Donald Trump, Russia and China's bid to crush all dissent, international watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in its annual World Press Freedom Index.

The data compiled by the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) show that in 2017, the total price index of agricultural output* increased by 11.6%, which was mainly due to the rise in prices of livestock products of 25.8%. The price index of crop products grew ...

Segregation in education and growing poverty risks are the greatest challenges to gender equality in Latvia, Maurizio Mosca, an expert at the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), told members of the Saeima Committees for Social and Labor Affairs ...

U.S. sanctions targeting Russian billionaires have sparked a further exodus of cash from Latvia, a Baltic nation whose banking system has already been shaken by a string of money-laundering scandals. The measures against businessmen, companies and senior ...

RIGA, Latvia (JTA) — Each year on March 16, a macabre event unfolds on the square around this capital city’s most famous monument. Known as the Memorial for Latvian Legionnaires, it is the world’s only march by veterans of Nazi Germany’s elite SS unit.

Once an unwilling member of the Soviet Union, Latvia tried to position itself as a business link between east and west after communism collapsed. That idea has all but died. Banking ties between the Baltic euro-area nation and foreign clients predominantly ...

Riga, April 25, (Xinhua) -- The 15th "Chinese Bridge" competition, a contest for foreign students on their Chinese proficiency, concluded Tuesday at the University of Latvia with a record number of contestants. With 68 contestants, the competition was ...

Latvia's extreme austerity and neoliberal experience has led it down the path of becoming a major hub for money laundering. Its Central Bank governor, Ilmars Rimsevics, is at the heart of the scandal, but enjoys the protection of central bank autonomy ...

According to the Latvian Finance Ministry, 20% tax can be imposed on capital gains from deals with cryptocurrencies. Its representatives announced the proposal during a meeting with deputies from the Parliamentary Budget and Taxation Committee on Wednesday.

As of January 1st, 2018, Latvia joined Estonia in replacing their traditional corporate income tax system with a cash-flow tax model. Under the new model, corporate income taxes will only be collected when profits are distributed to shareholders instead of ...