Helsinki Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden. The Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1992, entered into force on 17 January 2000. The States-Parties to the Convention agreed individually or jointly to take all appropriate legislative, administrative or other relevant measures to prevent and eliminate pollution in order to promote the ecological restoration of the Baltic Sea Area and the preservation of its ecological balance. The Parties undertake to apply: The aim of the States-Parties to the Convention is to prevent and eliminate pollution of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia Latvian tourism. LIAA foreign economic representative offices are located in the United States (Washington, D.C.), the United Arab Emirates (Dubai), Belarus (Minsk), Denmark (Copenhagen), France (Paris), Italy (Rome), Japan (Tokyo), Kazakhstan (Almaty), Russia (Moscow), China (Beijing, Shanghai, and Ningbo), the United Kingdom (London), Lithuania (Vilnius), the Netherlands (The Hague), Norway (Oslo), Poland (Warsaw), Singapore, Finland (Helsinki), Germany (Berlin, Frankfurt), Sweden (Stockholm). Starting October 2016, 15 business incubators are active in Latvia (Bauska, Daugavpils, Jelgava, Jēkabpils, Jūrmala, Kuldīga, Liepāja, Madona, Ogre, Rēzekne, Sigulda, Talsi, Valmiera, Ventspils, and a creative industries incubator in Riga), which provide support for startups and their development.