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German historian Michael North has written one of the best general histories of the Baltic region, titled appropriately enough The Baltic: A History and first published in 2015. He is Professor and Chair of Modern History at the University of Greifswald, Germany and has produced numerous papers, publications and books about the Baltic region.
Jonathan Steele is a distinguished former foreign correspondent with the British daily newspaper The Guardian, and remains a contributor to this day.
Experts say that the remains found during repair works at the Brasas bridge in Rīga are of Russian Army soldiers, who had been patients at the nearby Rīga Military Hospital. While the burial ground does not have identification markings, it is now clear that the Brasas bridge was built over part of the Rīga Garrison Cemetery, reported Latvian Radio July 26.
On June 6, the VEF Museum opened an unusual exhibition on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the former Latvian industrial flagship – the State Electrical Engineering Factory (VEF). The exhibition focuses on the lesser known pages in the annals of VEF – technologies that were produced as prototypes for further innovation in the 70's and 80's.
Bent Gammelgaard comes from Denmark. Since 1997 he has been living near Viesīte, southeastern Latvia where he has been noted repeatedly for having the tidiest property in the area.
Over 250 km of abandoned railway lines have been turned into multi-use trails in Latvia's Vidzeme cultural region, offering ample opportunities for sports and exploration. The organizers of the €1m joint project between Latvia and Estonia, titled Green Railways, hope that this will encourage tourism and promote business development in the region.
Clever Estonians from Haanja, near the towering (318 meters above sea) Munamägi peak not far from the Latvian border, have made their way into the Latvian Song and Dance Festival. They achieved this in a large-scale covert operation, infiltrating the Veclaicene folk dance collective through the local cultural center.
Konstantīvs Raudive (1909-1974) was an oddball of Latvian culture. A writer, philosopher, and husband of literary grande dame Zenta Mariņa, he also explored the voices of the dead. He said he was able to contact the spirit world via radiowaves, and he was quite well known among Western explorers of the paranormal following World War II.
The Salaspils Memorial, a key location in the holocaust history of occupied Latvia has finally unveiled its new permanent exposition, which will tell visitors about the complicated history of the Salaspils camp and will allow them to learn more about the no less complex story of the creation of the memorial itself.