Spigulis & Kukainis grants scholarship of excellence

At the beginning of 2015 Spigulis & Kukainis granted a scholarship of excellence to RGSL graduate student of the International and European Law Program, Ms. Anastasija Uduta, for her excellent academic performance and contribution to the community.

Language police on the watch

As International Mother Language Day approaches, the Language Police are presenting a study on the public speech habits of leaders of Latvian cities.

DEAC announces financial results of 2014

DEAC has successfully concluded its financial year 2014, achieving a raise of the total revenue up to 20% from previous year reaching EUR 10 mil border and showing strong and stable results in export growth.

CEMEX gives mammoth tusk to Latvian Museum of Natural History

Latvian Museum of Natural History has received a very rare gift - a mammoth tusk that was found in CEMEX aggregates quarry located in Madona at the end of last year.

Point changes its name to Verifone

Point Transaction Systems, Northern Europe's leading provider of payment solutions, is changing its name to Verifone, thereby cementing its entry into the global Verifone group.

Nominate your candidate for Human Development Award!

We are looking for nominations in the following categories: Social Responsibility, Education, Health & Well-Being and The Future of Latvia. The deadline for submission is February 12. Self-nominations and nominations of the previous award winners are not accepted. More: www.humandevelopment.lv

The next seminar in the Competitiveness Dialogue Series presented the long-term perspective on cloud computing from a wide range of international and local businesses.

Our first luncheon of 2015 with U.S. investor Tim Collins of Ripplewood Advisors LLC gathered more than 80 members and guests. The representative of the new investors of Citadele Bank addressed AmCham members on how to make safe investments during periods of economic and geopolitical uncertainty, and elaborated on his investment model.

The AmCham Board held its semi-annual retreat to discuss the strategy for this year and the future priorities of the Chamber.

Our top-tier members met with Dr. Charles Barry, Independent National Security consultant to discuss regional security issues.