Latvia first became a member of the World Bank Group in 1992, shortly after gaining independence from the Soviet Union. Shortly afterwards, Latvia took out its first loan with the Bank, and in just ...

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 ...

“It has provided a kind of uplifting feeling for Latvia.” The national pride is understandable. On Thursday, Zilbalodis’ Flow earned Latvia its first Academy Award nominations. The film ...

Latvian navy coordinating with Nato over incident which comes after military alliance boosted its presence in Baltic Sea in December Swedish authorities have seized a ship over the “aggravated ...

Latvia defeated Canada 2-1 in a shootout, with goaltender Linard Feldbergs stealing the show: The netminder made 54 saves in the game, following in the footsteps of former Bridgeport Islanders ...

OTTAWA, Ontario -- Eriks Mateiko scored the lone goal of a shootout in the eighth round to give Latvia a stunning 3-2 victory over host Canada on Friday night in the world junior hockey championship.

Team Latvia’s journey at the 2025 World Junior Championship ended on Thursday with a 3-2 loss to Sweden in the quarterfinals. The memories, though, from Latvia’s showing at this year’s ...

Latvia 4, Germany 3 (OT) --Eriks Mateiko (Washington Capitals) scored with 1:37 left in overtime at Canadian Tire Centre to send Latvia into the quarterfinal round. Mateiko skated down left wing ...

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Finland beat Latvia 3-0 on Tuesday to close out its preliminary round competition and guaranteed a finish of no lower than third place in Group A of the world junior ...

Watch as Latvian forward Eriks Mateiko scores the game-winning goal in the eighth round of the shootout to secure an upset win over Canada at the World Junior Championship. Great moments are born ...