University Of Latvia

A team of scientists at Riga Technical University is working on technology that could one day stop asteroids from smashing into Earth. The high-precision timers being built by hand in the lab of Latvian startup Eventech are currently being used to track satellites.

Latvia's parliament votes for a new president on Wednesday as the small Baltic NATO and eurozone member weighs security concerns amid heightened tensions with Soviet-era master Russia.

Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis resigned on Wednesday, taking political responsibility for a supermarket collapse that killed 54 people last week.

A team of scientists at Riga Technical University is working on technology that could one day stop asteroids from smashing into Earth. The high-precision timers being built by hand in the lab of Latvian startup Eventech are currently being used to track satellites.

Latvia's parliament votes for a new president on Wednesday as the small Baltic NATO and eurozone member weighs security concerns amid heightened tensions with Soviet-era master Russia.

Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis resigned on Wednesday, taking political responsibility for a supermarket collapse that killed 54 people last week.