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Providing farmers with real-time yield mapping data, Green Growth generates $200,000 in pre-seed…
Agtech start-up based in Riga Green growth secured $200,000 in a pre-seed investment from New Nordic companies. Combined software/hardware, Green Growth's agricultural analytics solution provides farmers with detailed yield maps, which…
Exodus of Russian developers | Puppet IPO Failed | Intel 18A ahead of schedule.
welcome to The long view– where we go through the week's news and cut it down to the essentials. let's work what really matters.This week: more than 100,000 technicians leave Russia, Perforce acquires Puppet and Intel moves faster than…
How cities are using street names to protest Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
By Seraphim Alvanides Isabelle Buchstaller and Malgorzata Fabiszak 5 minutesLilyAcross Eastern Europe, addresses of Russian embassies are being changed in protest against the invasion of ukraine. In the Latvian capital, Riga, the section…
Russia and Ukraine at center of Blinken talks with Israeli minister | WJHL
RIGA, Latvia (AP) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday thanked Israel for its efforts to end Russia's war with Ukraine as he and his Israeli counterpart met to discuss the conflict and ongoing nuclear talks with Iran in…
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Schwartz house is up for rent in Wisconsin
There's a vibrant red brick interior inside this rare Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in Wisconsin, for rent through Airbnb.
The pristine riverside home, known as Still Bend, was built in 1940 in the town of Two Rivers, located along the…
It’s vroom vroom for Cazoo who acquires the Italian brumbrum for 80 million euros
It wouldn't be a solid 60 days without Cazoo making a purchase, and true to form, the online car retailer has announced the acquisition of an Italian used car retail and subscription player. on line disorganized. The €80m deal is made up…
Quadriga CEO’s widow speaks out on his death and the missing millions of crypto
Jennifer Robertson and Gerald Cotten married in 2018. Cotten died later that same year of complications from Crohn's disease, while the couple were on their honeymoon in India. (Candace Berry Photography - image credit)The widow of the man…
Longest narrow-body roads in the world by aircraft type
More and more airlines have switched to long-haul narrow-body flights. This is evident on my recent JetBlue A321LR flight across the Atlantic. The Airbus A321neo, including LR and Boeing 737 MAX planes, is already widely used for…
prefab wood ‘my cabin’ is a modular getaway with Scandinavian aesthetics
getaway WITH 'my cabin' riga firm my cabin has designed three prefabricated wooden structures that can be assembled just about anywhere. the series includes a small two-storey house called "my milla", the workspace "my kalmus" and a sauna…
Latvia seizes second apartment from Russian criminal group
Latvian authorities have seized another property in Riga belonging to a Russian criminal group behind one of Europe's best-known money laundering schemes. "The investigation has established that foreign citizens, using funds obtained…
Want to buy a PS5 for the holidays? You may be out of luck
Consumers looking to gift the game this holiday season may be out of luck, as the PS5 and Xbox Series X, both released nearly a year ago, will likely still be in short supply until mid- 2022, said Lewis Ward, research director. games and…
Maersk green ships have first mover disadvantage
LONDON, August 26 (Reuters Breakingviews) - AP Moller-Maersk's (MAERSKb.CO) commendable environmental haste could land the Danish shipping giant at a first-mover disadvantage. The $53 billion company is spending $1.4 billion on eight…
San Jose Sharks are looking for luck
The NHL Draft Lottery comes on Wednesday, and that's what's at stake for the Sharks: the chance to sign someone who can offer immediate help, or have to wait another year or two for that help.
The Sharks, according to tankathon.com, have a…
A Perfect Getaway in Andaz Bali – Prestige Online
To celebrate the opening of the first Andaz resort in Asia, Prestige organized a weekend at the resort for a restricted list of VIPs
In the second week of April, Hyatt Hotels Corporation opened Andaz Bali. Located in the heart of Sanur, a…
“The Office” had 1,449 product placements. This Latvian man has cataloged them all.
One wonderful thing about the Internet is that a simple Google search can lead you to a website that will show you 1,449 branded product placements on the NBC sitcom. "Office."This site Product placement blog Sounds like it could be some…
Adam Fox of the Rangers, K’Andre Miller, Alexis Lafrenière out of the world
Adam Fox and K'Andre Miller have declined invitations to play for the U.S. team at the upcoming world championship tournament to be played in Riga, Latvia, The Post has learned, while Alexis Lafrenière is expected to…
ZELF collects £ 1.4million, Britain’s Chris Adelsbach supports growth in Latvia-based fintech
ZELF, a global Generation Z financial services neobank, has secured $ 2million (around £ 1.4million) in a pre-seed funding round.
“The incredible demand is a strong incentive to accelerate our growth,” says Elliot Goykhman, Founder and…
Queen of the Castle Dita Balčus / Article
For many Latvians, the country house is the ultimate battery charger, where long summer days are spent tending to the tomatoes and splashing around in the pond. Few do it…
Leavy raises $ 14 million to be Europe’s answer to Airbnb
French entrepreneur Aziza Chaouachi was a broke student studying to become a lawyer when she first tried to rent out her Paris apartment for the weekend. She said there was no room for her on Airbnb.
“I went on Airbnb but my…