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Latvia Advocates for Its Scientific Interests in the European Union Competitiveness Council Regarding the Next EU Research Programme
On Friday, 29 May, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Science (MoES), Jānis Paiders, represented Latvia at the European Union Competitiveness Council in Brussels. At the meeting, the EU Member States discussed issues related to the implementation of the research and innovation pro…
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Ministry of Education and Science

May 29, 2026

public health

A significant pilot project has been implemented to improve renal replacement therapy. The Latvian Registry of Kidney Patients has been established.
A significant pilot project has been completed at Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital (PSKUS) in cooperation with Rīga Stradiņš University: Improving the Effectiveness of Chronic Renal Replacement Therapy in Latvia: A Quality and Cost Model as a Tool for Assessing Treatment and Financial Im…
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Rīgas Stradiņa Universitāte

May 29, 2026

natural sciences research

24 new bioeconomy projects will be launched in Europe: among them the project FIBRIX, in the implementation of which the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry will also participate
The Circular Bio‑based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) has announced 24 new projects aimed at promoting innovation in the bioeconomy and expanding the implementation of circular bio‑based solutions in Europe. The total investment amounts to 172 million euros, covering activities from the establis…
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Latvijas Zinātnes padome

May 29, 2026

public health research

Aija Linē: “What is discovered in oncology reaches patients slowly.”
On the day when I interview Professor Aija Linē, she is still the Scientific Director of the Biomedical Research and Study Centre (BMC), as well as leading the cancer biomarker research group at this centre. From June, this work will continue at the National Research and Innovation Institute, in wh…
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Zinātnes Vēstnesis

May 28, 2026

science

In memoriam. Juris Upatnieks (07.05.1936.–17.05.2026.)
On May 17, 2026, the outstanding physicist of Latvian origin, a pioneer of holography, and foreign member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Professor Juris Upatnieks, passed away. He was one of the most significant optical scientists of the 20th century, whose work has had a substantial impact on…
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Latvijas Zinātņu akadēmija

May 27, 2026