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Daugavpils plans 'environmental object' in place of Soviet monument
Daugavpils plans 'environmental object' in place of Soviet monument
In place of the toppled obelisk glorifying the Soviet regime in Slavas Square, Daugavpils, the Daugavpils City Council will install a new environmental object, the portal LSM.lv was informed by the municipality on February 21. The site of the monument is expected to get plants and three large rocks.
Battle rages over Daugavpils Fortress' future
Battle rages over Daugavpils Fortress' future
The latest controversy in Latvia's second-largest city, Daugavpils, concerns the status and future of its best-known and most interesting district – the nineteenth century Fortress region.
Agreement reached on university merger in Latvia
Agreement reached on university merger in Latvia
This week, the Ministry of Education and Science (IZM) agreed on the gradual integration of Daugavpils University (DU), into the University of Latvia (LU), the Ministry said. The matter was discussed in the Saeima sub-committee on Wednesday, February 15.
Harmony party wants Daugavpils mayor out
Harmony party wants Daugavpils mayor out
If the mayor of Daugavpils, the country's second-largest city, Andrejs Elksniņš does not leave the Harmony party himself then the party will decide on his exclusion, Harmony's leader Jānis Urbanovičs told Latvian Radio on November 9. Elksniņš said he was not thinking about leaving Harmony.