On Friday, 9 May, the House of Science at the University of Latvia (UL) hosted an event marking the receipt of Latvia’s third payment under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), amounting to €293 million. This payment is part of the total €1.97 billion allocated to Latvia under the RRF. The funds were disbursed following the European Commission’s (EC) positive assessment and approval of 38 reform and investment milestones completed by Latvia, submitted for evaluation at the end of 2024. With this third payment, Latvia has now received over €1 billion — approximately 55% of the total available funding. During the event, European Commissioner for Economy, Productivity, Implementation and Simplification, Valdis Dombrovskis, presented…