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Shock in the World of European Basketball:
According to a report from Russian news outlet news.ru, Jānis Timma was found dead outside an apartment building in Moscow.

The Bulgarian forward for PAOK found the back of the net before the 2nd minute of the match against RFS in Riga, putting his team ahead 1-0. This goal marks the fastest ever scored by a PAOK player in the club’s European history.

Greece is set to host the pinnacle of women’s basketball in June 2025. The countdown to the tournament’s tip-off will begin with the group draw, scheduled to take place at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Kallithea.

AirBaltic, Latvia's state-owned low-cost carrier, will for the first time connect Athens with Riga almost all year round, that is, from March 4 to January 11, with three flights per week.

Athens, November 25, 2024 – Basketball fans enjoyed a special episode of the popular show Champion’s Hour on Saturday, November 23, on Novasports. Hosts Yannikos Douskas and Christina Komini welcomed the Eurobasket Men’s and Women’s trophies into the studio, setting the stage for the 2025 FIBA tournaments.

At the Third Parliamentary Summit, held in Riga, leaders and representatives from across Europe gathered to address the pressing security challenges facing the region, with a particular focus on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Türkiye and Latvia will strengthen their defense industry cooperation, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday.

"We will strengthen our cooperation in this field with tangible projects," Fidan said in a news conference alongside his Latvian counterpart Baiba Braze in the capital Ankara.

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has said it would cut 20% of its traffic at Berlin-Brandenburg airport, making good on threats to reduce its presence in the German capital due to some of the highest location charges in Europe.

RIGA - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with his Latvian counterpart Baiba Braze in Riga on Wednesday, and informed her of the difficult position of the Serb community in Kosovo-Metohija as well as of the challenges facing Serbia regarding that issue.

Djuric, who is on a one-day working visit to Latvia, noted that Serbia was very committed to finding rational and compromise solutions.

Athens and Riga agree that European defense spending should be exempt from fiscal rules, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics told Kathimerini in an interview ahead of his two-day visit to Athens on Wednesday, where he met with political and state officials.