Study: The Latvian Housing Credit Market Needs a Significant Development Breakthrough
The Latvian housing credit market needs a significant growth breakthrough to become more open, dynamic, diverse, and borrower-friendly – this is the conclusion of the Baltic Financial Centre (BFC) in its first study, a new independent think tank under the auspices of the Riga Business School at Rig…
Riga Technical University
November 22, 2024
Latvia University will implement a pilot project for institutional funding of higher education
With the government support received on November 19, 2024, the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) continues the implementation of the pilot project for institutional funding of higher education, beginning collaboration with the University of Latvia (UL), which will carry out the project from N…
Ministry of Education and Science
November 22, 2024
Self-Destructing Cases, Drone Coatings, and Vests – Innovations from RTU for Defense Needs
From protective coatings for drones and vests with pressure sensors, to data storage and self-destructing tools – engineers in Latvia, collaborating with the defense sector, are creating various innovations for the country’s physical and cybersecurity, as shared by researchers from Riga Technical U…
LSM.lv, "Zināmais nezināmajā"
November 21, 2024
The Skin Microbiome: The Human Body’s Largest Organ as a Home to Various Organisms
Our skin is a colony of a diverse family of organisms, which we cannot see with the naked eye but without whose presence we cannot imagine the health of the human body’s largest organ – the skin. It is home to various bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other tiny organisms. Sometimes, we unknowingly har…
Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre
November 21, 2024
The regulation on doctoral student employment and remuneration comes into force
On November 19, 2024, the Cabinet of Ministers (CM) adopted a new regulation that guarantees income and social insurance during doctoral studies. This will increase the influx of applicants, promote the enrollment of the most promising candidates, and encourage the completion of doctoral studies wi…
Ministry of Education and Science
November 21, 2024
Conference
Scientific conference "Acts. Facts. Artifacts."
2024-11-21
All day
Pulka ielā 8, Rīga
Latvia has joined the influential ESA network of incubators
On November 13, 2024, the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre in Latvia (ESA BIC Latvia) was officially launched at the Science and Innovation Centre of Riga Technical University (RTU).
This milestone marks Latvia’s entry into the network of 32 ESA Business Incubation Centres a…
research Latvia
November 20, 2024
UL participates in a prestigious ERC synergy grant for the research of historical pandemics
The Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Latvia (UL) has become an important participant in the European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Project "EUROpest". This six-year project combines interdisciplinary methods to study historical pandemics and their impact in Europe. The Baltic…
University of Latvia
November 20, 2024
RTU and «Frankenburg Technologies» lay the foundation for the advanced missile industry in the Baltics
«At this point, a completely new industry is emerging. Those students who are already participating in the development of missile technologies and those who will participate in the future will be the foundation of the new industry,» reflects Andrejs Puķītis, rocket engineer and CTO of the company, …
Riga Technical University
November 20, 2024