Latvijas Avīze

Latvijas Avīze is generally regarded as right-leaning in its editorial orientation, according to widely cited media-bias assessments of Latvia's press. In Latvia, Delfi Latvia and TVNET are listed as Centrist — so you can open Latvijas Avīze beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

Read Latvijas Avīze beside another title from Latvia and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two dailies from Latvia covering the same day will usually agree on the facts and differ on the ordering: which story is worth the top of the page, how the headline characterises it, and which follow-ups get space. Those are Latvijas Avīze's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because Latvijas Avīze is listed as right-leaning, the sharpest contrast is usually a left-leaning title from Latvia on the same morning: the facts rarely differ, but which consequence is treated as the story often does.

This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed 2026-08-31. Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

Latvijas Avīze is one of 5 outlets tracked in Latvia, and one of 2 daily newspapers among them — the other being Diena. By outlets tracked, Latvia ranks 27th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Latvijas Avīze outside Latvia, starting with Northern Europe, are Dagens Nyheter (Sweden), Politiken (Denmark), Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) and Postimees (Estonia). Opening one of them beside Latvijas Avīze is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.