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Secondary school students in Riga use sensors to study air quality
As part of the “Breathe, Riga!” initiative, young people used sensor technologies to collect air quality data in different parts of the city, while also participating in a study on mobility habits. From September 2025 to March 2026, the project applied a citizen science approach, involving 117 secondary school students in data collection and urban […]
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Riga launches pilot project “Artificial Intelligence Classroom Assistant”
The Riga Municipality Education, Culture and Sports Department, in cooperation with the technology company Tilde, is launching the pilot project “Artificial Intelligence Classroom Assistant”. The project will be implemented in two Riga schools – Riga 75th Primary School and Riga 1st Primary School – Development Centre. “Tilde” is a European leader in AI-powered language technologies, […]
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Riga Invests In Innovation: 5 New Projects Supported By The Innovation Fund For Smart City Development
The Innovation Fund of Riga Municipality continues to support innovative projects in 2026 that contribute to the development of Riga as a smart city and the modernisation of municipal services. Fund objectives and priorities The main objective of the Innovation Fund is to promote the development of Riga as a smart city by supporting projects […]
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Riga is participating in the “European City Leadership Forum”
Riga is participating in the European City Leadership Forum, bringing together 20 European cities and their representatives to exchange knowledge, experience, and best practices in the fields of digitalization, artificial intelligence, and smart city development. Riga has successfully positioned itself internationally as a rapidly developing smart city, actively advancing a wide range of initiatives in […]
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Riga Receives the European Mobility Week Award
Riga has received the prestigious European Mobility Week Award 2025, granted for outstanding achievements in promoting sustainable urban mobility. The award was presented in March 2026 at a ceremony organised by the European Commission in Brussels, recognising Riga’s innovative and citizen-engaging approach to mobility. European Mobility Week is an important initiative in which thousands of […]
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Riga Shares Experience in Developing the City’s Digital Twin at an International Conference in Prague
Representatives of the Riga City Municipality participated in an international event on 2 March, where city experts, researchers, and technology companies shared their experience in the use of digital twins, 3D city models, and geospatial data for urban governance. The event was organized by Esri, one of the world’s leading developers of Geographic Information System […]
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Riga Develops Guidelines for Integrating Urban Air Mobility into the City Mobility System
The Municipality of Riga has developed the “Riga Guidelines for Integrating Urban Air Mobility into the City Mobility System.” The document is available here in Latvian language: Vadlinijas_gaisa_telpa. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as drones, are becoming an increasingly relevant component of modern urban ecosystems. They are already used in public safety monitoring, […]
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A New Nature-Based Stormwater Treatment Pilot Site to Be Developed in Šmerļupīte
A new stormwater treatment pilot site will be established in Riga along the Šmerļupīte stream, in the section between Sergeja Eizenšteina Street, Linezera Street and Šmerļa Street. The site will serve as a demonstration area where nature-based stormwater treatment solutions will be implemented together with a smart monitoring system. Why is this needed? The Baltic […]
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Smarter traffic in Riga and the surrounding area: creation of a unified mobility data ecosystem begins
The Riga City Council has launched a project entitled “Creation of a Unified Mobility Data Ecosystem” to combine fragmented mobility data from the municipality and the Riga metropolitan area into a unified, transparent, and usable ecosystem. The goal is to promote data-driven decision-making, improve transport and urban planning, and create a modern, climate-friendly urban environment […]
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New technologies in social care at the Gaiļezers nursing home
On December 11, an interactive sensory and cognitive stimulation room was opened at the Gaiļezers Social Care Center in Riga. The sensory room was created as part of the project “Health Through Sensory Experiences,” which is financed by the Riga City Council Innovation Fund to introduce a new approach to social rehabilitation for people with […]
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Riga Represented at the World’s Leading Smart City and Mobility Forum — Smart City Expo 2025 in Barcelona
From November 4–6, 2025, Riga participated in the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona — one of the world’s largest annual events dedicated to urban smart solutions and innovation. The event gathered more than 27,000 participants, 592 speakers, and representatives from over 140 countries. This marked the fourth time Riga participated with its own […]
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Effective governance, meaningful use of data and resilience in crisis situations as main focus areas in Smart Cities Conference 2025
At the Smart Cities Conference 2025, which took place on September 18 at the University of Latvia’s House of Science, experts from public authorities, local governments and the private sector stressed that the main challenge is not a lack of technology, when it comes to use of data or urban security systems design but rather […]
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