Beavers have taken up residence in the park of Preiļi manor, and have wasted no time causing damage, reports Latvian Radio.
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In the eastern Latgale region, where the unemployment rate is the highest in the country, there is also the largest number of registered unemployed people with disabilities – nearly half the total number of registered unemployed people with disabilites in the whole country, reports Latvian Radio.
Daugavpils is currently the only local government that has not submitted a plan for dismantling objects glorifying occupation. Rēzekne, where the power is in the hands of the same party, Harmony, has submitted a plan for dismantling but is currently looking for ways to avoid it by asking public opinion in a survey, Latvian Radio reported on August 31.
Due to sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, truck drivers have to wait several days to cross the Latvia-Russia border in both directions. In the beginning of April, more than 700 cars were constantly waiting in line at the Terehova crossing point, and now they have marginally shrunk, Latvian Radio reported June 10.
Rēzekne City Council decided Tuesday, June 7, that the city's Soviet monument, known as Alyosha, would be moved from the city center to the cemetery near Soviet soldiers' burial sites, Latvian Radio reported.
The town of Rēzekne currently has the highest heating tariff in Latvia, at EUR 198 per megawatt-hour. To save on costs and citizens' bills, the municipality has decided to switch off hot water for the city center. Understandably, it has caused dissatisfaction and shock for residents, not only due to the fact but also communication about the fact, Latvian Radio reported May 6.
In order to reduce gas use for heating, municipalities are increasingly thinking about switching to local fuels such as woodchips. Latgale currently plans to raise funding from the European Cohesion Fund in Daugavpils and Rēzekne to build new chip boiler houses, Latvian Radio reported May 5.
As the wild boar population in Latvia grows, so does the number of cases of African swine fever. An increase in the disease was observed in the second half of last year and this year, African swine fever has been detected in more than 300 wild boar, half of them in Latgale region, reports Latvian Radio.
Ludza, Krāslava, Augšdaugava municipalities and Daugavpils city are asked to search for buildings where border offenders detained on Latvia-Belarus could be housed if necessary, but the search has not succeeded yet, Latvian Radio reported August 20.
This week, Aglona hosts the annual Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is being marked by Catholic pilgrims for the second year in a row in the shadow of Covid-19.
Last year, the tourism sector experienced a lot of changes, including an increased activity from local residents and travelers from neighboring countries. This year, the tourism season in Latgale region has started off quiet, with hopes that traveler activity will grow in July and August, Latvian Radio reported July 4.
Ice fishing is a wildly popular pastime in Latvia and, following on from last year's warm winter, this season's cold winter has seen huge numbers of people venturing onto lakes and rivers with ice augur and fishing tackle.
Contributing to the development of children's speech by blowing soap bubbles: this is the idea of bubble artist Alīse Potaša, whose enterprise has been recognized in an international contest, Latvian Radio reported November 6.
Universities in Latvia are preparing for the new study year. Because of the pandemic, there is a great number of uncertainties - especially those related to foreign students, said Latvian Radio August 16.
This year, in Latgale, the Eastern part of Latvia, eight marijuana farms of varying sizes have been found, Latvian Radio said August 7.
Members of the public trying to travel between the Latvian capital and the eastern city of Rēzekne are facing frustration and inconvenience with the current buses full and not stopping to pick up more passengers, reports LSM's Latvian language service.
The Clean R company has been contracted to clear snow and ice from Rēzekne's streets for the past three years. Both locals and municipal officials are, however, often unhappy with the work Clean R are doing, with slushy and slippery sidewalks apparently the norm across the city, often called the "capital of Latgale".
Pensioner Dzidra Bruzgule has been growing non-psychoactive hemp for years in her garden at Dekšāre parish, Viļāni municipality in eastern Latvia.
Some parts of Latvia are having some success coping with infestation of the highly invasive and toxic giant hogweed (known as Latvānis in Latvian), but many parts of the country are seeing it spread with frightening speed and persistence, reported Latvian Radio June 22.
Starting 2013, various initiatives are striving to raise living standards in the cultural and political region of Latgale, Latvia's east. To this end, it receives money from the central government and the EU, reports Latvian Radio March 14.
An initiative seeks to encourage emigrants to come back to Latvia, with 'regional coordinators' tasked to address Latvians living abroad, learning about their needs and helping them if they want to return, reported Latvian Radio March 9.
A group of students in Latvia's eastern Latgale region is working to record one of its most distinctive cultural features - beautiful and sometimes ornate wooden windows that can sometimes be found in even the humblest homes.
In a development that sounds like it is straight from the pen of Nikolai Gogol, officials in Latvia's eastern city of Rēzekne are struggling with a shortage of officially-sanctioned grave sites and a parallel problem of advance reservations for eternal rest.
A total 730 grass-fires have been registered this spring in Latvia, reported Latvian Radio.
'Restart', a municipal hotel owned by the Rēzekne Olympic Center, has been fined €75 by the State Language Center (VVC) - a sort of language watchdog in Latvia - as its name has been deemed to breach Latvian language rules applying to public institutions. The management of the hotel will contest the fine in court, reported Latvian Radio on February 13.
The Rēzekne city in Latvia's east just got a new fleet of buses, worth €3.9m. The motored vehicles, 25 in total, will replace the older 'Icarus' models, reported Latvian Radio Friday.
More than 7,000 young people are partaking in the 'Jaunsardze' or 'Youth Guard', effectively the nation's military cadet body. By 2024 the number should reach 16,000 according to Defense Ministry guidelines, reported Latvian Radio Thursday.