Engineer Thunder 2025 CBRN B-Roll Package

U.S. Army Soldiers, with the 128th Chemical Company, 337th Engineer Battalion, take part in Engineer Thunder 2025 exercise in Lithuania on Sept. 12, 2025. Engineer Thunder 2025 is a biennial NATO multinational exercise in Lithuania, established in...

Engineer Thunder 2025 CBRN Highlight Reel

U.S. Army Soldiers, with the 128th Chemical Company, 337th Engineer Battalion, take part in Engineer Thunder 2025 exercise in Lithuania on Sept. 12, 2025. Engineer Thunder 2025 is a biennial NATO multinational exercise in Lithuania, established in...

Scientists Are Closing in on Leonardo Da Vinci’s DNA

For over five centuries, Leonardo Da Vinci has been celebrated as a visionary artist, scientist, and inventor, known for his extraordinary talent and groundbreaking experiments. Today, an international collaboration known as the Leonardo DNA...

Riga Aviation Forum 2025 gathers Baltic and European leaders

The Riga Aviation Forum returns on September 18, uniting Baltic and European aviation leaders to discuss AI, sustainability, civil-military cooperation, and geopolitical risks facing the global aviation sector. The Riga Aviation Forum, the leading...

Young scientists gather in Rīga for major international event

The 36th edition of EUCYS will take place in the Latvian capital al week, from 15th to 20th September 2025. The event is free of charge and will be open to families, schools and the general public. This international science fair will bring...

Companies challenge Latvian students to create digital innovations

Students can apply until September 21 for the programme “Creating Innovative Digital Solutions for HPC Challenges”, where participants will use digital tools – including supercomputers – to tackle real business problems, reprts Labs of Latvia....

Latvia closes eastern airspace.Precautionary measure amid tensions with Moscow

In response to recent Russian air incursions into Poland and in conjunction with the Namejs exercises, Riga raises its alert level to protect its own airspace and that of NATO A measure responding to the escalation of tensions in the region:...

Uzbekistan’s Digital Technologies Ministry, Latvian Ambassador Discuss Expansion of IT Cooperation and Digital Economy

Uzbekistan’s Digital Technologies Ministry, Latvian Ambassador Discuss Expansion of IT Cooperation and Digital Economy Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — Sherzod Shermatov, Minister of Digital Technologies of Uzbekistan, held talks with Girts...

Science Popular Science Stone Age women were buried with as many tools as men

Some 6,000 years ago in the northern reaches of modern Latvia, a young woman died. Afterwards, a group of early humans buried her in an ancient, sacred place along a lakeshore. They carefully lowered her small teenage frame into the ground, gently...

Traveling Latvian Exhibit Makes Stop at Marist

A traveling Latvian history exhibit is on display in the James A. Cannavino Library. The exhibit, titled “WE ARE LATVIAN,” explores the history of the country and the Latvian region from the year 1000 up to the present day. The exhibit includes...

Yearly applications now open to Apple’s Security Research Device Program

For the past few years, Apple has been inviting experienced researchers to apply to its security program, which issues iPhones that are especially modified to make it easier to investigate vulnerabilities. Now, applications are open to next year’s...

Latvian Government talks about austerity, yet nine deputy state secretaries received truly enviable sums last year

Nine deputy state secretaries in various ministries received more than 100,000 euros each in remuneration last year, with a significant part of the payments consisting of various bonuses, cash rewards, performance premiums, and overtime pay,...

Latvian construction companies fined for running anti-competitive cartels

The Competition Council has fined five utility network builders operating throughout Latvia: Siltumtehserviss, Apkure IM, Adapteris, Alpex and Infrakom for violations of competition law. The companies have been hit with fines totalling of 513,508...

Science The Independent Ancient burial site upends what we know about Stone Age women and children

The excavation of an ancient burial in northern Latvia dating back over 5,000 years challenges long-held assumptions about the roles of women and children in Stone Age societies. Analysis of remains uncovered at the Zvejnieki cemetery revealed...

DSEI 2025: Latvia's new SUBmerge Pike unmanned submarine to improve protection of critical assets in Baltic Sea

At DSEI 2025, the Latvian start-up SUBmerge Baltic presents its Pike autonomous underwater vehicle alongside the country’s national pavilion. After a string of incidents that damaged cables and pipelines around the Baltic Sea, NATO and EU members...

Researcher: Rye bread and salted herring core pillars of Estonian food culture

While blood sausage, sauerkraut and pork are common in Estonian cuisine, kama and rye bread hold a deeper cultural significance. Estonian National Museum senior researcher Anu Kannike said that the foundation of Estonia's traditional food culture...

DataverseLV research data repository launches

This secure digital platform facilitates the long-term preservation of research data and makes them accessible to other researchers and the wider public, thus fostering the development of open science. Files of any type can be deposited in the...

Latvian experts comment on Russian drones in Polish airspace

Wednesday morning's shooting down of several Russian drones violating NATO airspace in Poland is logical given the recent intensity of Russian drone attacks in Ukraine. Therefore, Moscow has been counting on the possibility of Russian drones...

Archaeologists Shatter “Man the Hunter” Myth at Stone Age Burial Site

A new study of Latvia’s Zvejnieki cemetery reveals that Stone Age women and children were often buried with stone tools, overturning the stereotype of “Man the Hunter.” Credit: Shutterstock A groundbreaking study of Latvia’s ancient Zvejnieki...

From Harvard To Bishkek, Why Indian Students Chase Unusual Classrooms

New Delhi: Forget Harvard, Oxford or Toronto. Thousands of Indian students are now packing their bags for Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Malta and even North Korea. The shift is driven by steep costs at home, shrinking Western visa windows and intense...