A burgeoning alliance of European universities is aiming to help nine regional universities to drive “open innovation” and improve their “global visibility”, members have said.

International students are able to travel to Latvia, the country's government has announced, although a number of travel restrictions are still in place.

Numbers of international students admitted to higher education institutions in Latvia fell to 2,017 in 2020 from 2,651 the previous year, statistics have shown.

Many parents are disappointed by our system of education. You understand, 25 years ago we had another system, the Soviet system. So during these years we’ve tried to change it completely – we are not always successful.

Successful private Russian language teaching organisation, Liden & Denz Language Centre, is to open its third language centre, this time in Riga, Latvia; an EU member state. The school will be run in cooperation with another EAQUALS member and benefit from easy access throughout Europe.