Year after year the State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) begins the autumn season with frequent calls due to accidents related to heating systems. This year there have already been over 500 calls by September 28, Latvian Radio reported.
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Over the past five years, the number of organically grown berries and fruit has increased in Latvia, and there could be potential for export, Latvian Radio reported August 19.
Unmanned aircraft, or drones, are already used in many areas, but it appears that they may also be assistants in potato cultivation, as researchers from Vidzeme university claim. Initial studies are being carried out, Latvian Radio reported July 12.
On May 13, the XII Latvian School Youth Song and Dance Celebration Action Committee presented a “safe festival scenario”, based mostly on the digital environment. However, thoughts in the public space and among authorities differ as to whether this solution is satisfactory, Latvian Radio reported May 18.
The Latvian beef sector is more export-oriented, and local beef can mostly be purchased directly from farmers. In order to expand in the local market, several farms have joined forces, Latvian Radio reported May 6.
In solidarity with high-school teachers, for whom this period of remote training is not easy, Vidzeme University has developed classes and lectures for pupils of classes 9-12, thereby supplementing the school material, Latvian Radio reported April 15.
Next week, Latvia's northern city Valmiera will launch more environmentally friendly public transportation – electric hybrid buses that can save fuel and reduce air emissions, Latvian Radio reported October 21
Demand for sea buckthorn berries grown in Latvia this year has risen - so much so that growers can't keep up with the supply, Latvian Radio reported September 1.
Two years ago, the idea of a smart village was launched in the parish of Skujene, Amata municipality – the basic idea is to involve the local community to improve the environment of their lives. And the village is thriving, said Latvian Radio August 25.
Singer Līga Reņģe from Burtnieki, Latvia, has taken up and followed through a challenge - sewing 40 dresses in 40 days, Latvian Radio reported August 1.
With border restrictions, many Latvians have taken to local tourism. Both travelers and tourism businesses say numbers of Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian tourists have risen dramatically, Latvian Radio reported July 29.
A councilwoman at the Strenči Municipality has found a songbook that, in all likelihood, belonged to a Latvian exiled in Siberia by the Soviet occupation, reported Latvian Radio June 17.
As traditional Midsummer cheese - Jāņu siers - has been granted an entry in the Traditional Speciality Guaranteed register of the European Commission, it's important to buyers looking for this traditional food to know they're getting the real deal.
About 4% of the world's white storks make their nests in Latvia. Their return marks the arrival of spring, and now they have already come back to their nests, which they often make on utility poles, water towers, and roofs.