Lightguide is one of the world's leading companies in the design and manufacture of silica optical fibres and fibre optic products. The light-conducting fibres produced here are used in the manufacture of minimally invasive medical instruments, as well as in the production of fibre bundles that are further used by the world's leading industrial and scientific equipment designers and manufacturers.
Regula Baltija Ltd. is a manufacturer of unique specific equipment and has been doing so since June 2005. The company's main activity is the production of equipment that enables the authentication of protected documents, the verification of identification cards, passports, banknotes, driving licences, etc. The company also develops software to work with the equipment produced and databases for entry documents.
Pulsar Optics Ltd. is part of Yukon Advanced Optics Worldwide, headquartered in the heart of Europe, Lithuania. Our history dates back to 1991. It was started by a group of friends who shared a passion for human empowerment. This group of enthusiasts assembled the first wooden observation tubes in the basement of a once unfinished residential building.
On 10 July, during a working visit to Rēzekne, President Edgars Rinkēvičs met with the city council leadership, representatives of the Rēzekne and Latgale Special Economic Zones, and visited the Eastern Latvia Creative Services Centre “Zeimuļs”, where he had a meeting with members of the Rēzekne City Youth Council. The President familiarized himself with the operations of the “KUUP” coffee roastery, the “Kabata” shop featuring products by entrepreneurs and designers from Latgale, and visited the exhibition centre “Brīvvalsts dārgumu nams”.
On 27 June 2026, ahead of the off-site meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Latgale Planning Region and the Latgale Special Economic Zone, organised a round-table discussion with Latgale businesses at Lūznava Manor entitled “Foreign Service Support for Businesses in Export Markets.”
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