Stories from the Regions: VEF Culture Palace in Riga, Latvia

Renovating the VEF Culture Palace transformed an industrial zone of Riga into a lively area and is offering space to several thousand creative artists to develop their talents and welcoming thousand of visitors every year since.

Historic cultural sites restored in Latvia

An EU-funded project in Latvia is restoring six cultural monuments of national significance (including a castles and Eastern Orthodox cathedrals) and developing new tourism services at the sites.

Translation made simple with language tool for Latvian administration

A digital translation tool developed using EU funds is improving multi-lingual access to Latvia’s state administration websites and software.

Restoring grasslands in Latvia

The EU-funded Project GrassLIFE aims to restore and improve EU priority grasslands and to promote their multiple use in Latvia.

EU supports family businesses in Latvia EU investments help grow great ideas, like Jānis's, a shiitake mushrooms producer in Latvia

EU investments help grow great ideas, like Jānis's, a shiitake mushrooms producer in Latvia.

Restoring a Latvian treasure: the New Castle of Sigulda

An EU-funded project is reconstructing the New Sigulda Castle Complex in Latvia to restore its beauty while simultaneously saving energy and reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

European solidarity

On 23 August 1989, two million people held hands to form a human chain over 600 kilometres long linking three capital cities – Tallinn in Estonia, Riga in Latvia and Vilnius in Lithuania. A peaceful demonstration that united the countries in their drive for freedom and signified European solidarity.

A faster and more efficient rail network in Latvia

The EU is investing €318.5 million in Latvia in order to electrify the country's main east-west railway network and replace diesel-powered locomotives.

Education is the foundation for the future

The EIB has provided €30 million for the second stage of the construction of the University of Latvia’s Academic Centre. The new buildings will provide modern premises for a number of the University’s faculties and institutes.

New tram tracks destined for Riga, Latvia

This ERDF-funded project will aim to provide the design and construction of a new 3.6 km tram line in the Skanste region of Riga, Latvia.