On Saturday, June 3, the Rīga Pride Week events culminated in what was estimated to have been the biggest pride march in Latvia so far.
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On February 17, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) launched the second year of the Regional Response Plan for Ukraine, a comprehensive framework of cooperation between governmental, non-governmental, and international organizations.
The Latvian company Aerones has developed a world-leading system for the automated maintenance and cleaning of wind turbine blades, attracting the biggest investment among Latvian startups in 2022, Aerones representatives told LSM at a demonstration event on January 24.
Until we are all free: this and similar slogans were chanted through Rīga streets on June 18 during the grand finale of the Rīga Pride week. The pride march this year took place in cooperation with Kyiv Pride, putting solidarity before enjoyment.
On a rainy, muddy Saturday morning, 389 dormice, 300 squirrels, 707 hares, 360 roebucks, and 187 lynx gather around a hill. A folktale? A children's story? A dystopian novel? Not this time. It is only the Latvian legend of the roebuck.
It's close to midnight, and something... unusual is lurking in the dark. While carefully treading around bits of cow dung, trying hard to ignore the smell and the chill, there is a sense of anticipation, of being able to witness something to boast about for the next 50 years.