Outcomes of the U.S.-EU Trade & Technology Council third ministerial

On December 5, EU and U.S. leaders met in Maryland, United States for the third ministerial meeting of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC). They outlined an ambitious list of deliverables in a range of areas, including artificial intelligence, standards, quantum, digital infrastructure and connectivity in third countries, semiconductor supply chain resilience, vaccines, skills and sustainable trade.
 

Over 80 members joined this year's annual Christmas Charity reception to kick-off the holiday season, and raised €2720 to charities benefitting Latvia's children's health and well-being: Children's Hospital Foundation, Latvian Foster Family, RMHC Latvija and SOS Children’s Villages. It was also a great opportunity to look back at this year, award the most active members and enjoy Christmas carols performed by students from the International School of Latvia.

Members of Year 2022: Medtronic, Riga Stradins University and Skaal

On December 2 during the Annual Christmas reception, AmCham awarded the most active members of this year: Medtronic, Riga Stradins University and Skaal. The Member of the Year Award is a recognition to those members who have gone the extra mile to facilitate AmCham's mission to foster U.S.-Latvia business ties and help make our organization stronger and better connected.

Eco Bus, Aerones and Marine Digital win Baltic Sustainability Awards

AmCham joined the second edition of Baltic Sustainability Awards as an Ecosystem Partner contributing in the selection of the winners of Impact category. AmCham was represented in the Awards jury by Liene Dubava, AmCham Vice President. Over 240 applications were submitted and 29 outstanding sustainability innovation achievements were selected. 10 winners, including Aerones, Eco Bus, Marine Digital and Daniels Truksans representing Latvia, won the award this year. Watch their video presentations!

For every child a family

SOS Children's Villages Latvia provides long-term family-based care as well as support to biological and foster families guardians, adopters and host families by helping 1200 children all across Latvia and more than 500 children from Ukraine who are currently living in Latvia. They welcome all kinds of donations: sweets, Christmas trees, bicycles as Christmas presents and/or financial donations to support ongoing activities.

Let's help foster families and kids

The Latvian Foster Family Association, founded in 1994 and comprised of 202 families with 419 children from different regions of Latvia, holds the campaign "Christmas Angels" and welcomes both financial and in-kind donations to support the children in foster care. Lets spread Christmas joy and help foster families and kids celebrate this holiday season!

airBaltic carries over 400 tonnes of mail from Ukraine

Since April 2022, the Latvian airline airBaltic has been providing cargo operations from Kyiv, Ukraine by organizing a multimodal mail transportation system in cooperation with Ukrposhta, the national postal service of Ukraine. Until September, airBaltic has already carried a total weight of over 400 tonnes of mail from Ukraine to various destinations.

Citadele banka & EIB Group signes a deal of €460 mln support for Baltic businesses

On December 1, Citadele banka and EIB Group announced a deal to support at least €460 million in new lending for Baltic businesses. At least 20% will go to Climate Action projects, helping to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions. Citadele banka will also receive advisory support under the EIB’s Green Gateway facility.

Let's spread Christmas joy this season!

Join our Christmas Charity reception on December 2 at Hotel Bergs and support our principal charities promoting children's health and well-being: Children's Hospital Foundation, Latvian Foster Family Association, RMHC Latvija and SOS Children’s Villages. Please consider donating to one or all of them directly or take part in the charity raffle! All proceeds from the raffle ticket sales will be evenly distributed.

Cadence Translate joins AmCham

Cadence Translate, a leading language solution provider to the global business and investment community, has joined the Chamber as a Corporate member. Whether you're looking for an interpreter for your next overseas roadshow, a translator for an M&A proposal, or a transcriber for a series of due diligence calls, Cadence's language services ensure you're equipped to handle any multilingual business interaction. We warmly welcome Cadence Translate to AmCham community!