Latvian boy band PeR will have to watch from the sidelines this evening when twenty-six countries compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Final.

A frighteningly giant whirlpool in Latvia has been found to drag anything from around it into it's depths. Like the Earth's plughole, nothing escapes this enormous hole.

Riga - The annual march of Latvian veterans, members of the Waffen SS divisions which was part of the armed wing of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party during World War Two, was held on Saturday.

On Monday, a full ban on the testing of cosmetic products on animals came into force in the European Union. The complete ban was welcomed by animal rights groups but some in the cosmetics industry remain unconvinced.

Riga - Despite many economists considering the euro to be a failed currency experiment, Latvia is set to join the eurozone in 2014, even though a majority of Latvians are against the decision.

Lost amongst the Europe-wide furore concerning the discovery of horsemeat in processed foods, on February 14 the European Union quietly announced a partial lifting of the ban on animal proteins in feedstuffs.

What’s it like to wrestle an outstanding debt from Russian “oligarchs"? The Latvian state’s distressed asset management agency shares some of its recent experiences.

Global environmental campaigning group Greenpeace is urging the European Union not to authorise herbicide-tolerant genetically engineered (HTGE) crops, stating such crops lead to herbicide-resistant super-weeds.

Approximately one-third of Latvians speak Russian, but a recent vote revealed that 75 percent of Latvians are not in favor of granting Russian the status of official national language.

Geneva - Originally meant to be built in Waxahachie, Texas, under the nickname of Desertron, Switzerland-France's CERN states it has seen "tantalizing hints" of the elusive Higgs boson, also called the "God particle," in two of their experiments.

Riga - Unfounded rumors, including the nation’s largest bank’s ATMs would shut down, spread like wildfire across Latvia. More than 10,000 customers withdrew more than $38 million from ATMs, which led to half of the machines to be out of money.

Budapest - Hungary’s National Office of Investigation (NNI) has begun an inquiry into a 66-year-old war crime allegedly committed by the Soviet Red Army in which 32 men aged mainly between 16-22 were summarily shot in front of their parents.

Since 1990 Petteri Tarkkonen has been serving as the Managing Director, CEO and President of Finn-ID Oy. Finn-ID specializes and provided identification-based enterprise solutions for logistics.

Riga - Andris Berzins, a Latvian millionaire and member of the centre-right Union of Greens and Farmers, has been elected President by the country's legislature.

Vancouver - Simply known as Vitas across Europe, Asia, Russia and China, Vitaliy Grachyov has been dubbed the man with the diamond voice, an angelic sound that is difficult to categorize.

Spain's unemployment hit 20 percent last quarter and increase from the previous quarter, placing Spain second amongst the European Union for unemployment.

Riga - As the global economic recession continues, many countries around the world are suffering, both financially and politically. The Latvian government is on the verge of collapse after the largest political group in the five-party coalition walked out.

A march by veterans of two Latvian units of the Waffen SS, and their supporters, took place in the country's capital Riga on Tuesday. Protesters met the marchers at the city's Freedom Monument.

In Mazsalaca, Latvia on Sunday, residents identified a large unidentified flaming object from the sky and crashed to form a large crater. However, officials are calling it a giant hoax.

Tony Blinken, national security adviser to Vice President Biden, said that leaders in Warsaw, Bucharest and Prague should think less of what the U.S. can do for them and more about what they can do with the United States.