Thanks to the opportunities provided by the Swiss–Latvian Cooperation Programme “Advancement of Paediatric Oncology Care in Latvia”, a new role has been introduced at the Children’s Clinical University Hospital (CCUH): a nurse educator in paediatric oncology. Madara Blumberga has become the first nurse in Latvia to hold this role, working within the hospital’s Haemato-oncology Department. […]

As part of the Swiss–Latvian Cooperation Programme “Advancement of Paediatric Cancer Care in Latvia”, Dr. Zane Ābola, Head Surgeon at the Children’s Surgery Clinic of the Children’s Clinical University Hospital (CCUH), spent February 2025 on a professional exchange visit at one of Europe’s leading paediatric oncology centres. Her destination, the Princess Máxima Centre for Paediatric […]

On May 6, an ambitious collaboration between Switzerland and Latvia to advance sustainable energy development and engage youth in STEM was officially launched at the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia (ISSP UL). The event was honoured by Christoph Liechti, Co-Head of the Swiss Contribution Office at the Embassy of Switzerland in Latvia; […]