Ramirent National League leader RSU / VEF Rīga will play away against Latvian vice-champions and two-time Užava Cup finalists BK Ventspils in the second leg of the two-game series.
The winners of the series will advance to the final, scheduled for 21 February.
Come along and support the RSU / VEF Rīga team!
The Ramirent National League leaders RSU / VEF Rīga will host Latvian vice-champions and two-time Užava Cup finalists BK Ventspils.
The two-game return match will take place next weekend, 31 January at 17 in Ventspils. The winners of the series will advance to the final, scheduled for 21 February.
Come along and support the RSU / VEF Rīga team!
Last November, around the time of Latvia’s Independence Day, the Latvian Dental Students’ Association announced that Georgs Alberts Pimanovs, a student at two Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculties – of Medicine and Dentistry – had been elected European Associate Regional Representative of the International Association of Dental Students (IADS). We invited Georgs to talk about his first impressions of his new position, studies, research interests, as well as what inspires him and his hobbies.
It has been 35 years since the events when the people defended the restoration of Latvia’s independence, even at the cost of human lives. On 20 January 1991, the Soviet Special Police Unit OMON (Отряд Милиции Особого Назначения, OMOН – in Russian) attacked the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Latvia and killed five people - cameraman Andris Slapiņš was shot dead, but cameraman Gvido Zvaigzne mortally wounded; police officers were killed, and 13 participants of the Barricades were injured.
Last weekend was particularly successful for RSU sports teams.
On Sunday, 18 January, the RSU women’s handball team defeated the Jēkabpils SS team and secured a place in the Latvian Cup final, winning the semi-final series with a convincing victory over two games.
On January 27, 2026, Rīga Stradiņš University will be hosting a site visit of the Higher Education Quality Agency and a group of external experts, during which the new academic master's programme "Sports Science" will be evaluated. The visit will include meetings with the university management, management of the study programme, and lecturers, as well as an evaluation of the study environment.
On 15 January, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) held an event to express gratitude to those students and researchers who actively participated in the Jēkabs Prīmanis’ Anthropological Study on Latvia’s Population led by RSU Prof. Jānis Vētra. This year, the study is planned to continue in Bauska, Valmiera, Saulkrasti, and other locations in Zemgale and Vidzeme.
The annual Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Academic Meeting will take place on Thursday, 1 October at 15:00 in the RSU Great Hall.
Donating to higher education is often seen as a gesture of goodwill; however, it is supported by a carefully designed system, long-term planning, and a scientifically grounded approach based on trust, transparency, and human relationships.
Lecturers and researchers from the Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) have begun 2026 by joining an international research cooperation project ‘From Monitoring to Action: A Longitudinal and Cross-Cultural Approach to Athletes’ Psychological Adaptation Throughout the Sports Se
