On July 15 the first Centenarian Congress took place at the baroque Rundāle Palace with 35 out of 42 Latvia's people aged 100 or slated to become hundred years old in 2017 meeting and mingling a year before the country's founding centenary.
A Riga-born man faces up to eight years in prison after a shocking crash in which he, under the influence of alcohol, drove his car into a man during a public event. The crash was shot on a widely shared video that has shaken the Latvian public, reported LTV on July 10.
"As a biologist, I would suggest making only natural soap." That's what Latvia's President Raimonds Vējonis said Thursday unveiling a factory of the skincare products maker Madara Cosmetics.
From Friday to Sunday the Positivus festival will take place in Salacgrīva - the largest music festival in the Baltics. Accordingly, Latvia's State Police warns of traffic jams, saying people should depart for the festival early in order to make sure they don't miss any of their favorite acts.
No one can talk to a horse, of course. Especially if it's charging towards you with an angry look in its eyes – which is what happened to a boy and his mother who were submitted to a terrifying equestrian attack while cycling in the resort town of Jūrmala.
The former dairy at Ineši is glistening with hues of white other than that of milk. Fifteen people now work in Latvia's only porcelain factory, which successfully weathered the economic downturn and now boasts about 10,000 annual visitors, reported Latvian Television Saturday.
The Latvian Language Agency has embarked on a pilot project at the Mucenieki refugee center. Teaching Latvian to refugees poses a challenge as people from all backgrounds and some with absolutely no learning experience have come to Latvia. The pilot is set to work out methods for teaching Latvian to refugees that will arrive to Latvia during the next two years, reported Latvian Television Friday.
The Children's Hospital in Rīga on Wednesday has set the refugee matter to the fore in healthcare as well, as a two-year-old child had to be operated on but the hospital staff couldn't communicate with the child's mother who didn't speak English, and an interpreter was found only half a day later, reported Latvian Television Wednesday.
The state Work Safety Inspection agency has ruled that the two workers who perished last November 3 at a biogas production facility in Mārupe were in compliance with work safety regulations, leading to speculation that the employer – the firm Zaļā Mārupe - may in fact have been culpable for the tragic accident.
Dramatic gaps exist between equivalent positions among different government ministries, reported LTV news program Panorāma Thursday.
Students at the Riga Ukrainian High School are getting used to new classmates arriving from the homeland in mid-year as more families relocate here from war-torn Ukraine, worried about their future there. Meanwhile, education is what Latvia’s government is planning to offer Ukraine as it faces its veritable existential crisis under pressure from pro-Russian separatists.
