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Riga Airport is trying to make itself more attractive for the introduction of new destinations

To encourage the introduction of new destinations at Riga Airport, the government on Tuesday reduced the fee that airlines must pay for each passenger on a new outbound destination served by the airport. Although this will ease the financial burden on airlines, the main cost items that, for example, Ryanair complains about will not be changed. For the 2025/2026 winter season, Ryanair has significantly reduced its total seat capacity (by around 20%), concentrating capacity in markets with lower […]

Despite the declared winner, in three Riga schools children will be catered without a tender by “Baltic Restaurants Latvia”

“Contracts have been concluded with caterers in all Riga schools” – with this announcement on Thursday, August 28, came Riga Vice Mayor Vilnis Ķirsis and the acting director of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, Ivars Balamovskis. However, they did not specify whether the contracts were concluded with the winners of the procurement or with someone else. Inc. already wrote at the beginning of August that, due to the sluggishness of the Riga City Council, there was a risk that several […]

Riga City Council is delaying the delivery of the harvest to the port: Officials are not heeding even the call of the President of the State

Despite the fact that the Cabinet of Ministers has declared a state of emergency in agriculture, the Riga City Council, contrary to the usual procedure so far, has rejected the request of the Farmers’ Saeima to allow heavy vehicles carrying grain and rapeseed to the Port of Riga to move along designated routes around the clock. Officials performing various control functions have also not heeded the President’s call not to disturb farmers with their presence at this time. The Farmers’ Saeima […]

Bank Citadele issues a loan worth almost 4 million for the purchase of an office building: The new owner will not evict the tenants

The archive services company SIA Unistock has received a 3.9 million euro loan from Citadele Bank for the purchase of the historic, office-adapted building at 11 Raiņa Boulevard in Riga. The new owner – Australian citizen Pavel Kurilov – has no intention of changing the use of the building. The building will retain its current function – it will continue to be a rental property for various offices and services. At present it […]

“Kulbergs is feeding the people of Riga with gas, not with the truth”; Timma exposes the falsehoods mentioned in the interview

The heating season is a couple of months away, and “Rīgas Siltums” already in June submitted to the Public Utilities Commission (SPRK) a new heating tariff of €88.10 per megawatt hour (MWh) for evaluation, which will increase the heat price for Riga residents by about 22%. While Saeima deputy Andris Kulbergs (AS) has started raising the issue of heating tariffs in Riga and has given an interview in the latest issue of the magazine “Klubs”, […]

Due to the Riga City Council, children in Riga schools may be left without lunch

For several months now, the Riga City Council has been delaying the signing of contracts with the companies that won the right in the spring lottery to provide catering for children in 25 Riga schools. Meanwhile, the previous caterers, who were less fortunate in the 53-million-euro draw, are refusing to vacate the premises of the school canteens, the winning companies report. There are three weeks left until the start of the school year and the first food portions – for the companies that […]

Maintaining the capital’s city council is becoming more expensive for Riga residents

Despite residents’ dissatisfaction (possibly artificially created) with the expansion of bureaucracy in the Riga City Council, the capital’s municipality, in the name of coalition stability, decided today that the Mayor of Riga will once again have three deputies or vice-mayors. The third vice-mayor’s position will cost tax-paying Riga residents 167.22 thousand euros per year. Before the Council meeting, the municipality addressed the city’s residents about the restoration of the third vice-mayor’s position and invited them to […]