{
  "country": "Latvia",
  "code": "LV",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-13",
  "source": "https://happychef.cloud/en/press-contacts/lv.html",
  "national": {
    "description": "Latvia's national media market is anchored by a handful of daily newspapers (Diena, Latvijas Avīze) and two large digital newsrooms (Delfi, TVNET), plus the public broadcaster LSM, which runs both Latvijas Televīzija and Latvijas Radio. Lifestyle and food coverage mostly lives inside these general outlets and within dedicated portals such as Santa.lv, Jauns.lv and the recipe-focused Receptes.lv, while the Latvian Hotel and Restaurant Association (LVRA) is the main trade body reaching hospitality professionals directly. Given Latvia's large Russian-speaking population, several outlets also run Russian-language editions.",
    "tip": "Delfi and TVNET give the widest digital reach and both publish general newsroom emails; Receptes.lv is the best-targeted contact for food-specific stories, and LVRA is worth alerting for anything of interest to the wider hospitality trade.",
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "Diena",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.diena.lv",
        "notes": "Latvia's leading quality daily; contact via the site's contacts page (redakcija desk, no static email found)."
      },
      {
        "name": "Latvijas Avīze",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": "svarigi@la.lv",
        "website": "https://www.la.lv",
        "notes": "Major national daily; published story-tip address inviting readers/sources to share stories."
      },
      {
        "name": "Delfi",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": "redakcija@delfi.lv",
        "website": "https://www.delfi.lv",
        "notes": "Latvia's largest online news portal; general newsroom email. Magazine/lifestyle desk also reachable via zurnali@delfi.lv."
      },
      {
        "name": "TVNET",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": "zinas@tvnetgrupa.lv",
        "website": "https://www.tvnet.lv",
        "notes": "Major national news portal (TVNET Group, which also owns Receptes.lv)."
      },
      {
        "name": "Jauns.lv",
        "type": "magazine",
        "email": "jauns@jauns.lv",
        "website": "https://jauns.lv",
        "notes": "Lifestyle and celebrity magazine/portal (formerly Kas Jauns); general editorial email."
      },
      {
        "name": "Santa.lv",
        "type": "magazine",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.santa.lv",
        "notes": "Latvia's largest lifestyle portal, publisher of women's magazines including Ieva; no static contact email found."
      },
      {
        "name": "LSM (Latvijas Sabiedriskie Mediji)",
        "type": "tv",
        "email": "info@lsm.lv",
        "website": "https://www.lsm.lv",
        "notes": "Public broadcaster operating Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) and Latvijas Radio; general contact."
      },
      {
        "name": "LETA",
        "type": "wire",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.leta.lv",
        "notes": "Latvia's national news wire agency; site could not be reached to confirm a specific desk email."
      },
      {
        "name": "Latvijas Viesnīcu un restorānu asociācija (LVRA)",
        "type": "trade",
        "email": "info@hotel.lv",
        "website": "https://www.lvra.lv",
        "notes": "Latvian Hotel and Restaurant Association — main trade body reaching hospitality professionals; useful for awards and industry news."
      },
      {
        "name": "Receptes.lv",
        "type": "blog",
        "email": "receptes@tvnetgrupa.lv",
        "website": "https://www.receptes.lv",
        "notes": "Latvia's leading recipe and food content platform (part of TVNET Group)."
      }
    ]
  },
  "regions": [
    {
      "id": "riga",
      "name": "Riga",
      "nativeName": "Rīga",
      "description": "As the capital and home to the great majority of Latvia's restaurants, Riga is covered by every national outlet as well as dedicated city titles like Riga This Week, which focuses squarely on dining, nightlife and events.",
      "tip": "Riga This Week is the most restaurant-relevant contact for openings and events; Rīgas Laiks suits higher-end cultural or chef-profile stories.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Riga This Week",
          "type": "magazine",
          "email": "rodion@rigathisweek.lv",
          "website": "https://www.rigathisweek.lv",
          "notes": "Free Riga city guide covering dining, nightlife, shopping and events since 1992."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rīgas Laiks",
          "type": "magazine",
          "email": "redakcija@agora.lv",
          "website": "https://www.rigaslaiks.lv",
          "notes": "Riga-based independent culture magazine (now published under the AGORA editorial)."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "latgale",
      "name": "Latgale",
      "nativeName": "Latgale",
      "description": "Latvia's southeastern Latgale region, centred on Daugavpils, has its own well-established Latvian-language weekly and a Russian-language city portal, reflecting the region's large Russian-speaking population.",
      "tip": "Latgales Laiks is the primary regional paper to contact; use Gorod.lv in parallel to reach Russian-speaking readers in Daugavpils.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Latgales Laiks",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": "info@latgaleslaiks.lv",
          "website": "https://www.latgaleslaiks.lv",
          "notes": "Leading regional newspaper for Daugavpils and Latgale, published since 1992."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gorod.lv",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.gorod.lv",
          "notes": "Russian-language Daugavpils city news portal."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kurzeme",
      "name": "Kurzeme",
      "nativeName": "Kurzeme",
      "description": "Latvia's western Kurzeme region is served by local papers based in its main towns, including Kuldīga's Kurzemnieks and a dedicated news site for the port city of Liepāja.",
      "tip": "Contact Kurzemnieks for the Kuldīga area and Liepājniekiem.lv for Liepāja, the region's largest city.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Kurzemnieks",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://kurzemnieks.lv",
          "notes": "Regional newspaper for Kuldīga and the surrounding Kurzeme area; edited by Daiga Bitiniece."
        },
        {
          "name": "Liepājniekiem.lv",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.liepajniekiem.lv",
          "notes": "Local news site for Liepāja, Kurzeme's largest city."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "vidzeme",
      "name": "Vidzeme",
      "nativeName": "Vidzeme",
      "description": "Vidzeme, Latvia's largest and most rural region, is covered by small town-based outlets such as Dzirkstele in Gulbene and a dedicated local news site for Alūksne.",
      "tip": "Dzirkstele is the best-established regional paper; Aluksniesiem.lv is useful for anything specifically in the Alūksne area.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Dzirkstele",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.dzirkstele.lv",
          "notes": "Regional newspaper for Gulbene and Vidzeme."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aluksniesiem.lv",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.aluksniesiem.lv",
          "notes": "Local news site for Alūksne, Vidzeme."
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}