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Latvijas Banka issues a symbolic collector coin, "Chestnut"
The European Innovation Act and the forest bioeconomy – what can Latvian forestry gain from it?
The “Trojan Horse” of Turkish Plywood – Growing Concerns Among European Timber Producers
Nature Conservation Agency invites donations for the restoration of nature tourism infrastructure damaged by the storm

Poll

Concern about gaps in the skills and knowledge of our pupils is voiced quite widely from time to time. Unfortunately, only when someone from outside Latvia has concluded as much. Why is that?
There is a political tendency to be busy, to invest, to make promises, but not to think about the results
If you have little knowledge yourself, you do not even know how or what you do not know...
A smart society is not always desirable or welcome
Many interests swirl around education. A "good result" is rarely mentioned among them

A lighter note

“Why are the trees here so big?”

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Collector coin “Chestnut”
Trees on agricultural land – perennial plantations, short-rotation coppice or agroforestry?!
The Baltics in the Kremlin's sights. How serious is the threat?

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A common problem for companies of all sizes – a shortage of specialists

Investments in natural capital are growing rapidly worldwide

Survey: 34% of Latvian companies are not concerned about cyberattacks

Survey: for young people in Latvia, a “long-term job” means 3–5 years; for those over 40, more than 10 years

Is Latvia's economy heading west?

Art Academy students paint oxygen at the “Latvijas valsts meži” nature park in Tērvete

Meeting of EU Member States' Hunting Sector Leaders in Latvia

Whales were hunted in Norway 5,000 years ago

Customers increasingly price-sensitive – already felt by 47% of small business owners

152,000 Residents Seriously Behind on Loan Payments

A global digital learning platform for the forest industry

A marked saving strategy dominates Latvian consumer behaviour

“Pseudo-green” advertising and excessive consumption: the fashion industry still causes problems

Russia and Africa: forestry, the wood industry and politics. The peculiarities of cooperation...

“Latvijas valsts meži” and “Vivi” give names to electric trains and invite people out into nature

Growth needs more large companies and an environment that helps small businesses develop

Expansion of “Latvijas Finieris” factory in Finland continues

Young Latvians do not want to work until the state pension age – one in four would like to retire before turning 50

Opinion: Sweden's "old-growth" natural forests store more carbon than managed forests

Ministers from seven countries call on the EU to cut red tape substantially and strengthen the competitiveness of the Single Market

The Latvian Confederation of Forest Owners and Managers turns 20 today!

Latvian businesses see artificial intelligence as a tool for efficiency, not a threat to jobs

Europe's Birds and Habitats Directives face a "stress test"
Latvian fish processing industry calls for support for trout farms in the Gulf of Riga
Iceland recorded record-high temperatures last year. So why are scientists forecasting a "big freeze" in the near future?
Teachers discover courage and the forest as a learning environment in the dark
“Latvijas valsts meži” delivers record volumes of energy wood chips
Public media must broaden their coverage of economic affairs
Europe's trillions for climate targets
The “Stiga RM” group continues to set records – 2025 turnover exceeded 114 million euros
Record number of visitors last year at the Latvijas valsts meži nature park in Tērvete
In the new year, Latvians are shying away from big spending
Could chocolate disappear by 2050? No — a climate-adapted alternative will take its place!
National report of the autumn 2025 Eurobarometer survey
Study – constant change fuels employee burnout and holds back company growth
Despite earlier announcements, COP30 failed to secure greater commitments
Crops in Zemgale have suffered most in recent years – 11 million euros paid out in insurance claims
One in four people in Latvia forced to give up some products because of rising food prices
EY study: the main priorities of Latvian society – health, economic security and stable work
This year's most active "Latvian forest adventurers" revealed
More than 6,000 participants took part in the “LVM Forest Expeditions” this autumn
“Mars” invests 5 million US dollars in innovative agricultural science
Baltic survey: employees with children feel their careers are held back, childless colleagues feel overloaded
More than half of Latvia's residents have no plans to study in the near future
The Ministry of Agriculture finds the European Commission's planned cuts to support for agriculture and fisheries unacceptable
Scientists can pinpoint the origin of illegally harvested timber
Even in a very cold winter, Europe will be able to secure sufficient gas volumes
Workers' rights are declining worldwide. ITUC Global Rights Index 2025
Russia is using forestry to strengthen its diplomatic and economic ties in Africa
Artificial intelligence can both help and harm forestry
Very few companies selling tropical timber can determine where it came from
The Ministry of Agriculture and its subordinate institutions have obtained certificates for the high quality of their sector management and information system governance
Survey: 79% of young people take a critical view of their job market prospects
How Lithuania overtook us
Implementation of the Coastal Plan is successful despite the impact of global trends on coastal development
Labour market activity picked up in the second quarter of 2025
No solution to a problem that works elsewhere in Europe is right for Latvia
Environmental campaigners dismayed by insufficient climate funding in the European Union's draft budget
Twice as many ticks recorded in Finland this year as in previous years
Russia's timber production giants are facing major problems
Survey: 86% of Latvian employees answer work calls even while on holiday
About forests, thinking and the lack of it
Two in three employers are not prepared to hire a pensioner. How can you stay in demand?
“We will not buy a pig in a poke” – Europe's new proposal for meeting the 2040 climate targets
Hydrological regime to be restored at Palšu Mire, with a tourist trail, viewing tower and platform to be built
Artificial Intelligence is a false god
Report shows supreme courts are becoming the “battlegrounds” of climate policy
On the interview on “Krustpunktā”. Pēters Putniņš, Chairman of the Board of AS “Latvijas valsts meži”
First annual fire ritual held in the Spēkozoli oak grove
An international conference on family business development has been held in Riga. The “Family Business Champions 2025” were honoured
Sustainability problems of “green” funds
This was an interesting election (or a brief assessment of the past few days)
Many investment funds are dropping their sustainability claims
Satellite reveals the carbon balance – Finland absorbs 50 million tonnes
The fight against climate change – restoring peat bogs in Latvia
The age of naive globalisation is ending. Latvia must follow Poland's approach of economic nationalism
“Laflora” begins its 30th peat extraction season
IKEA's climate footprint has fallen by 5% over the year
Nature protection plan approved for the “Augšdaugava” Protected Landscape Area
An additional €1.5 million for pilot projects to renovate apartment buildings
Compensation confusion in restrictions on real estate rights – study reveals shortcomings in the regulatory framework
The minimum cost of rebuilding Ukraine is 500 billion euros – experts' message to EU decision-makers
Fewer goods transported by all modes of transport in 2024
Expedition “Groundwater – invisible or visible after all?” builds young people's understanding of environmental protection
Poll suggests the French and Germans do not back higher defence spending
“BNP Paribas” signs an 8 billion euro agreement with the European Investment Bank on investment in wind energy
Significant demand for timber expected in Finland this year
A decision-making strategy, or HOW WILL IT LOOK?
Latvian workers want to move to Norway and Germany, while managers and entrepreneurs prefer Spain
Changes in society's lifestyle could bring the Paris Agreement target closer while also improving quality of life
A “green corridor” for foreign investors only?
The European Union declares war on bureaucracy once again
If it carries on as before, Latvia risks missing the targets of the National Energy and Climate Plan by the set deadline
New exhibition “What Was Rustling in the Forest?” opens at the Līgatne nature trails
The first users of the state co-working office in Cēsis
Riga Airport reaches level three of the global Airport Carbon Accreditation programme
Demand for carbon credits is growing – what will alternative forestry change?
Survey: residents believe Latvia's middle class is shrinking, one in ten considers themselves poor
“Latvijas valsts meži”, in cooperation with the Nature Conservation Agency, will carry out one of the largest mire restoration projects in Latvia
Vast value in forests. The potential of non-wood products
To be continued. What will a second Trump presidency actually mean for Latvia?
Riga's streets. It is no secret that politicians most often take their bearings from public opinion...
Four sections of walking trails in the Gauja National Park temporarily closed
Geopolitical tension exposes the fragility of the global energy system
“It is complete nonsense!” Here is why France wants to ban bottled water!
“Kokmīļu pietura” for children opens in Āgenskalns
Business comes first: How Kyrgyzstan became Moscow's middleman
New European Union environment commissioner tasked with tackling the growing water resources crisis
Knowledge about lesser spotted eagles accumulated by “Latvijas valsts meži” compiled in the National Encyclopaedia of Latvia
Latvian scientists have created a tool for assessing the circularity of local authorities
How to speak bee. “In essence, you could say that the language of honey bees has dialects, just as different human communities do.”
The European Union is among the biggest spenders on ineffective “climate solutions”
“Latvijas valsts meži” environmental expert finds unusually tall ivy in Kurzeme
Roads are ruined by a lack of money and foresight
Autumn is already on its way — is everything the same as ever?
An unexpected guest aboard a Finnish coastguard patrol vessel
The Summer Olympic Games in Paris are also a striking example of timber construction
“I would like this tree still to be there – as it always has been, when I come home”
Climate policy. French news channel “CNews” fined for allowing a “wrong opinion” on air
The impact of beavers on forest roads and drainage systems
European Union migration "schizophrenia": Workers needed, but borders closed?
Latvia's military industry – still in nappies