During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is particularly important to think about lung health. What are the plants to gather when preparing for the next autumn and winter season?
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more people are thinking about ways to strengthen their immunity. Vitamin bombs grow all around - Latvians surely notice them and rush to get their weeds on the table.
Not far from Rīga's busy Central Railway Station is a bunker. Built during the Soviet occupation years, it was known by a suitably anonymous and sinister name: Object Number 100. Its purpose was simple: to protect select railway workers from chemical warfare and atomic bombs. To that end the bunker was equipped with an air purification system, its own power supply and heating equipment.
Drinking birch sap has been very much in vogue for the past years, it would seem. Latvia's markets, stores and cafes all stock this nutrient-rich and refreshing drink. But it's so much better to collect some yourself.
Inese Apele is the current owner of Gaiziņkalns - Latvia's highest hilltop (312 m). She and her relatives want to give it to Latvia on the country's centenary in 2018, on the condition that it has to remain freely accessible and should never be sold or rented to anyone, reported Latvian Television Tuesday.
Buses with Finns, Estonians, and Swedes are coming to Latvia to buy local saplings, seedlings and plants, contributing to what experts call plant tourism, reported Latvian Television Friday.
When it was officially opened in September 2014, Latvia's new national library building was a shining example of new architecture in the historic Riga skyline.
Two young entrepreneurs in Dobele are expanding their shrimp farming business in the region, planning eventually to be delivering several hundred tons of shrimp to stores and restaurants within a few years, reported Latvian Television Tuesday.
Researchers at the Institute of Organic Synthesis have discovered a substance that could be used to fight cancer and cancer metastases. An international pharmacy company has already expressed interest in the new drug, reported Latvian Television Monday.
In autumn and winter people catch colds more often, and pharmacists admit as much. However, your time in wintry Latvia doesn't have to be ruined by a simple cold, and specialists from Latvia told Latvian Television Wednesday how to avoid getting sick from the germs proliferating outside.
The seventeenth wine festival took place last weekend in Sabile, seeing the arrival of grape farmers and winemakers as well as passers-by who wanted to partake in the fun of the large gathering, reported Latvian Television on Monday.
This year twice as many ticks can be found in forests in comparison with last year, and 3.6% of the ticks removed in the Infectology center were infected with either Lyme's disease or tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). If not treated in a timely manner, these diseases can cause long-term health problems.