airBaltic’s release does not specify the aircraft assigned to the Riga–Tel Aviv route. However, the carrier operates a single ...
By Ben Aris in Riga It was deliberately symbolic that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) chose Riga ...
In central Riga, people are laying flowers beneath the Freedom Monument. It's a green statue of a woman holding three gold stars on top of a 42-metre stone pillar at the end of a broad, busy street.
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Riga was a major centre of the Hanseatic League, deriving its prosperity in the 13th–15th centuries from the trade with central and eastern Europe. The urban fabric of its medieval centre reflects ...
When you look around the busy, friendly and vibrant streets of old Riga, it is easy to forget that they were ‘off-limits’ for most of us less than 20 years ago. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...
Big on history, architecture and – latterly – fine food, this often overlooked city is ideal for a budget weekend away Robin is a Scottish travel writer, blogger and broadcaster with over 30 years of ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...