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RIX Riga Airport will start the implementation of ambitious development plans this year – the construction of the new passenger terminal and work on the creation of RIX Airport City will begin. The company's vision is to become the future travel hub of Northern Europe, which will promote the competitiveness of Latvia in the region and the development of the national economy. To implement the strategic plans, a competitive and modern RIX Riga Airport brand and visual identity have been cre...

At the end of January Andris Nelsons, music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), is conducting a concert version of Dmitry Shostakovich’s 1932 opera “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.” The opera is one of the composer’s most innovative and celebrated works — and one that so offended Josef Stalin that he banned further performances. “Lady Macbeth” will be performed in Boston on Jan. 25 and 27 and in New York’s Carnegie Hall on Jan. 29 and 30. For a rich backstage e...

MailOnline spoke with one of the passengers on The Royal Caribbean Ultimate World Cruise - a nine month journey that visits more than 60 countries and 11 wonders of the world.

Alliance leaders warn that a direct war with Russia is becoming more likely, but defense spending is lagging.

A youngster who moved from Latvia to Ireland at the age of four ended up being the hero in his adopted town after scoring two goals in hurling in his county final.

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) members are planning to build a line of concrete bunkers on the Russian border with Estonia. The construction of what is being dubbed the "Baltic Defense Line" will begin in 2025.

Putin might figure that, since the war in Ukraine cannot be won, seizing the Baltic States would at least give him something to pass off as a huge victory and to pass himself off as a contemporary Alexander Nevsky. 

Learning lessons from Russia's full-on invasion of Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will build joint border defenses.

The common defence line agreement was signed to block Russian aggression in the region.

Rest of World News: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are constructing a network of bunkers as part of their defense strategy in response to tensions with Russia and Belarus