Latvia Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Latvia with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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This request returns the current top nation headlines from Latvia. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=lv&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=nation" \
  --data-urlencode "country=lv" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "nation", "country": "lv", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "nation",
    country: "lv",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$query = http_build_query([
    "category" => "nation",
    "country"  => "lv",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=lv&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 84344,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2231bdf4a9bac23f919347443319a0ac",
            "title": "Zīmē Gatis Šļūka",
            "description": "Līdz gada beigām Valsts kancelejai, ministrijām un citām centrālām valsts iestādēm uzdots ierobežot jaunu līgumu slēgšanu un atlikt izdevumus, kas nav kritiski nepieciešami valsts pamatfunkciju nodrošināšanai.",
            "content": "Līdz gada beigām Valsts kancelejai, ministrijām un citām centrālām valsts iestādēm uzdots ierobežot jaunu līgumu slēgšanu un atlikt izdevumus, kas nav kritiski nepieciešami valsts pamatfunkciju nodrošināšanai.\nReklāma\nTā otrdien nolēma valdība pēc Fi... [3519 chars]",
            "url": "https://lasi.lv/par-svarigo/karikatura/zime-gatis-sluka-atlikumu-vares-paturet.49473",
            "image": "https://media.lasi.lv/media/cache/lasi_article__text__image__full__jpeg/uploads/media/image/202610142106596acfc4c34ab03.jpg.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:00:00Z",
            "lang": "lv",
            "source": {
                "id": "b8a6df1af4ed3e206f7256b056b4fa19",
                "name": "Lasi.lv",
                "url": "https://lasi.lv"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b5bbde74670704d9cf3fa496f3f2ab9f",
            "title": "Stetski retiring from politics as city council term ends",
            "description": "Stetski's service also includes a term as MP for the Kootenay region.",
            "content": "Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...\nAfter serving a dozen years in various elected positions, Wayne Stetski is stepping away from the political realm following his most recent stint representing Cranbrook as a city councillor.\n“What I tell peo... [6608 chars]",
            "url": "https://nelsonstar.com/2026/10/14/stetski-retiring-from-politics-as-city-council-term-ends/",
            "image": "https://nelsonstar.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2026/10/Wayne20and20Audrey.jpg?w=1024",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T20:19:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1821857e5bb30b5d7218a7c636f87e8f",
                "name": "Nelson Star",
                "url": "https://nelsonstar.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "af852963f1250876850fd5f81c2d0f43",
            "title": "\"Kas notiek Latvijā?\" aptauja: starp valdības sastāva versijām izteikta favorīta nav, mazākuma valdībai niecīgs atbalsts",
            "description": "Tikai daži procenti šķir to aptaujāto daļu, kas nākamajā koalīcijā gribētu redzēt vēlēšanās uzvarējušo \"Apvienoto sarakstu\" (AS) kopā ar Nacionālo apvienību (NA) un \"Jauno Vienotību\" (JV), no tiem, ku...",
            "content": "Vakar, 22:40\nAutori: Zane Mače (LTV raidījuma “Kas notiek Latvijā?” redaktore), Raivis Šveicars (Kas notiek Latvijā? redaktors)\nTikai daži procenti šķir to aptaujāto daļu, kas nākamajā koalīcijā gribētu redzēt vēlēšanās uzvarējušo \"Apvienoto sarakstu... [1812 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/kas-notiek-latvija/raksti/14.10.2026-kas-notiek-latvija-aptauja-starp-valdibas-sastava-versijam-izteikta-favorita-nav-mazakuma-valdibai-niecigs-atbalsts.a667625/",
            "image": "https://static.lsm.lv/media/2026/10/large/1/ucwb.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:42:41Z",
            "lang": "lv",
            "source": {
                "id": "c53b2eca29b7fbd73c171470a674e45f",
                "name": "LSM",
                "url": "https://www.lsm.lv"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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