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There's a peculiar tradition on Miķeļi (September 29), known in English as Michaelmas, for kids to bring homemade trinkets, food and other things to school for sale. It could be seen as an attempt to instill entrepreneurial spirit among young people, but wherever there are children involved, things are bound to slide off course.
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June 9 marked three years and nine days since A., 17, started living at the Liepāja Orphanage.
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The Latvian language is "a mirror of the wonderful story of our nation", says a linguistics professor at the University of Latvia.
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LSM's Lauris Veips takes a brief look at an initiative by a state body aiming to lure emigre Latvians back home.
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In what could be called a ripoff of our chief editor's previous feature, this week LSM takes you on a cruise of the community gardens of Rumbula.
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