The Minutes from Latvia podcast returns for a fifteenth iteration with leading investigative journalist and TV presenter Inga Springe entering the pod.
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At some point during the last few years, middle-strength rock music became the default soundtrack of the military.
Last week I had a meeting with the Latvian Institute, which projects Latvia's image overseas, about ways of generating coverage of the national centenary in 2018.
This week we are honored to welcome a local legend to the pod: renowned journalist, blogger, tech expert and someone never short of an opinion, Juris Kaža.
US President Donald Trump lavished praise April 1 on a Latvia-made golf glove, crediting the five-fingered leather accessory with improving his handicap.
It's back! The Minutes From Latvia podcast returns with Jānis Sārts of the NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence (STRATCOMCOE) being given high-level security clearance to enter the pod.
Are you a Latvian genius? Do you know a Latvian genius? Would you like to be a Latvian genius? If you can answer "Yes" to any of these questions, or ideally all of them, you are just the person we are looking for!
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I should warn you in advance that what you are about to read constitutes "fake news". Apologies: that should of course read "#FAKENEWS!"
It's finally here. No use ignoring it. Face facts. It's the final of Supernova, Latvia's competition to decide who it is going to send to the Eurovision finals in Kyiv, Ukraine this May. Updates below.
Relations between the leader of the free world, Canada, and the leader of the European Union, Latvia, are getting ever closer, as evidenced by the Saeima's supersonic ratification of the CETA trade deal and a flurry of visits from Canadian ministers.
In the back room of Riga's English-language used book store, Robert's Books, we tracked down Will Mawhood, a Briton who has made his home in the Baltics for several years and who edits the online magazine Deep Baltic.
Rail Baltica is one of the most important and expensive projects ever undertaken by the Baltic states. It has been talked about for more than a decade and will take the best part of another decade to build.
The podcast returns for its eleventh episode with a daring new innovation: two guests in the pod at the same time!
The Minutes from Latvia podcast reaches double figures this week with its tenth episode -- it's terrifying to think there's already five hours of this stuff available.
Prepare to be stunned, shocked and concerned; not by the prospect of a depleted NATO fighting a desperate war in the Baltic states, but by possibly the worst prose style you will ever encounter.
There is a lot of talk at the moment about the possibility of using English in a semi-official capacity at state institutions in Latvia. As editor of LSM's English-language service, you might expect me to be all for this. But to tell the truth, I'm not so sure this is a good idea.
The Minutes from Latvia podcast returns for its first edition of 2017 in the company of perhaps the best-connected man in the whole country -- Andris Rubins.
I hope recent events have taught us hysteria rarely helps.
Our final podcast of the year sees Edgars Raginskis, a composer, radio presenter and TV host entering the pod. But things are of a rather improvised nature this week, so expect us to veer off in various bizarre directions...
New rules take effect on January 1, 2017 that mean Latvian teachers can be sacked for ''disloyalty''.
Quite how this will work remains to be seen as the rules and procedures are far from clear according to the terms of the new law, which was passed as part of the 2017 budget. In an effort to help clarify this situation, we have drawn up a handy multiple-choice questionnaire which students* can make their teachers answer so that they can accurately assess loyalty levels and whether or not they need to be summarily dismissed.
In a moment of weakness last night I succumbed to emotional blackmail by Karlis Dagilis, the former head of the Pieci.lv radio station, to write something about their new charity fundraising campaign.
I don't know about you, but I was outraged to see that in what the Latvians insist on calling Latvia, a nice thing has been erected that looks a lot like a nasty thing if you use your powerful imagination.
Speaking in Riga December 1 at a special event held at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga to mark 250 years since Sweden introduced the world's first press freedom law, acclaimed journalist Peter Greste told LSM how he found out he had received Latvian citizenship.
The Minutes from Latvia podcast is back and this time the guest in the pod is academic and geopolitical expert Andis Kudors.
In the wake of Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, thoughts are inevitably turning to what it means for Latvia and the Baltic states, with numerous talking heads appearing on TV, radio and online giving their best guesses.
In the pod this week is Dagnija Lejina, one of the organizers of the forthcoming Digital Freedom Festival taking place in Riga November 27-29.
The arrival of the snow in Latvia brings all sorts of changes. Warm coats and mittens - infinitely superior to mere gloves - are retrieved from wardrobes and drawers. Summer slick tires are pulled off the cars, deep hatched treads and lacerating spikes are levered into their place.
Minutes from Latvia is back for another half hour, with this week's special guest Aiva Rozenberga of the Latvian Institute.