Latvia Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Latvia with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as 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);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($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": 84680,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1df889fcd4cea8c25fc1c11b6d34aa80",
            "title": "Baiba Braže Renounced a Salary of 4,330 Euros per Month. But Not for Long",
            "description": "With the beginning of the work of the newly elected Saeima, the government led by Kulbergs officially resigned. However, according to the law, it will continue to function until the parliament approves a new cabinet of ministers, ensuring the",
            "content": "With the beginning of the work of the newly elected Saeima, the government led by Kulbergs officially resigned. However, according to the law, it will continue to function until the parliament approves a new cabinet of ministers, ensuring the continu... [742 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.inbox.eu/150ya4y-baiba-braze-renounced-a-salary-of-4-330-euros-per-month-but-not-for-long?language=en",
            "image": "https://news.inbox.eu/w/img/ed/85/ed85bb1ac8305d5440.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:38:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5ae45371a5a024afa2698bd7741e3828",
                "name": "Inbox.eu",
                "url": "https://news.inbox.eu"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "235ed50fcd188b14c24af9f9ef957267",
            "title": "EU Commission approves Latvia’s final €504 million NextGenerationEU payment",
            "description": "EU and global regulatory and policy monitoring, fact-checking, legal documents, policy positions, business, finance, digital transformation, security, sustainability.",
            "content": "Brussels, 3 November 2026\nOn Tuesday, the European Commission greenlighted Latvia’s fifth and final payment request for €504 million under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU.\nThis represents an important step in... [2797 chars]",
            "url": "https://ieu-monitoring.com/editorial/eu-commission-approves-latvias-final-e504-million-nextgenerationeu-payment/1253872?utm_source=ieu-portal",
            "image": "https://ieu-monitoring.com/wp-content/uploads//2023/11/ieu-logo-neu-150x150.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:03:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7b595cdbc65ad473b9385e98662e95a2",
                "name": "INSIGHT EU MONITORING",
                "url": "https://ieu-monitoring.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "126c13148ac3eb3a1080796e92646742",
            "title": "Darbu 15. Saeimā sāk divi līdzšinējie Limbažu novada domes deputāti",
            "description": "Vakar uz pirmo sēdi pulcējās jaunievēlētie 15. Saeimas deputāti. Līdzšinējā Saeimas priekšsēdētāja Daiga Mieriņa paziņoja, ka ieradušies visi 100…",
            "content": "Vakar uz pirmo sēdi pulcējās jaunievēlētie 15. Saeimas deputāti. Līdzšinējā Saeimas priekšsēdētāja Daiga Mieriņa paziņoja, ka ieradušies visi 100 parlamentā ievēlētie. Viņu vidū ir arī divi deputāti, kuru līdzšinējā politiskā darbība bijusi cieši sai... [594 chars]",
            "url": "https://auseklis.lv/sabiedriba/darbu-15-saeima-sak-divi-lidzsinejie-limbazu-novada-domes-deputati/",
            "image": "https://auseklis.lv/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/deputati_zverests_Saeima.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:03:09Z",
            "lang": "lv",
            "source": {
                "id": "a26f5a034c2adcdee6fbfdf3bac2a9e0",
                "name": "Auseklis.lv",
                "url": "https://auseklis.lv"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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