Latvijas Avīze (Latvian Newspaper) is a national conservative Latvian language national daily newspaper in Latvia, published in Riga. The Latvian word avīze ('newspaper' or 'journal') is a loanword and cognate with the French word avis, meaning opinion, notice and advice. In January 1988, the newspaper Lauku Avīze ('Rural Newspaper') was first published in Soviet-occupied Latvia. After the restoration of Latvian independence in 1991 the AS Lauku Avīze (since 2017 - AS Latvijas Mediji) publishing house was established. In 2003, "Lauku Avīze" was renamed "Latvijas Avīze". In 2013, the publishing house worked with a profit of 23,140 euros and a turnover of 4,855,528 euros. In 2013, compared to 2012, the paper earned three times more, but the turnover decreased by 2%. More information...
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