Līgatne Nature Trails, for many years known as Līgatne Learning and Amusement Park, are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year. That's how much time has passed since its establishment in 1975.

This small, colourful beetle is known as a ladybug or ladybird, as well as “dievgosniņa” in Latvian, literally meaning “God’s little cow”. The two-spotted ladybird (Adalia bipunctata) is one of the most common ladybird species in Latvia.

Real world of wetlands. Only half an hour’s drive from the Latvian capital of Riga and you can already find yourself in a completely different world. Founded in 1997, Ķemeri National Park is a real world of wetlands.

From the 10th to 12th February, 2015 in Zagreb, Croatia, Latvia as the presiding country in the Council of the European Union (hereafter – the EU) chairs a Programming Committee’s meeting of a new Interregional Cooperation Programme INTERREG EUROPE for 2014-2020 (hereafter - INTERREG EUROPE) in order to start the implementation of  the  Programme already this year.