Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski took charge of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO) eighteen months ago and has proven to be a popular choice.
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The aviation museum adjacent to the runway at Rīga International Airport is one of the first things many visitors to Latvia see. The red-starred tails and rotors of Soviet-era jets and helicopters may not project quite the modern, Nordic image preferred by policymakers, but they certainly let arrivals know they are landing somewhere with an interesting history.
Agris Kociņš, from Bauska, central Latvia, is an ex-policeman who received Latvia's highest civil decoration, the Order of the Three Stars, twelve years ago. He was awarded as one of the eight Bauska policemen who defended the Interior Ministry on January 20, 1990 from an assault by an OMON special police force at a pivotal point for Latvian independence.
On August 15 in Ainaži, as part of the 16th International North Livonian Festival, a new Latvian-Estonian idea club "Livonia" will be formed, Latvian Radio reported August 15.
On July 9 the SBSC group, which consists of Skonto Būve and Skonto Construction, took over construction of the high-brow New Riga Theater after the contract with the previous company was terminated as fractures appeared in the neighboring houses during construction.
On Monday, June 15, coalition parties agreed conceptually to develop an acoustic concert hall construction project in Riga on Elizabetes Street 2 at Kronvalda Park, dismantling the former LPSR Communist Party Central Committee building, where the 'World Trade Center' is now located, Latvian Radio reported on June 15.
It's one hundred years since crucial battles put the fledgling Latvian state on a firmer footing, and to mark the occasion the Latvian National History Museum is staging an exhibition that tells the tales of winners of the Order of Lāčplēsis, a military award established to honor those who showed outstanding bravery in the independence struggles.