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07 Aug 2006

Translating the Koran

If reading the Koran is not on your list of things to do, then here’s a reason you might want to add it: A translation of Islam’s holy book is now available in Latvian. The poet Uldis Bērziņš has been working on the translation for a number of years. Thanks to Juris Žagariņš of Massachusetts, some of the translated holy book can be downloaded from the Web page Topošais Korana latviskojums.

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06 Aug 2006

Top of the pops, Latvian style

Do you know the words and melodies to “Pūt, vējiņi!” or “Seši mazi bundzenieki”? Do you think everyone should? If…

23 Jul 2006

Latvia’s place in the Universe

Sanita Kubliņa of Latvia, whose idol is President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, didn’t make the cut in this year’s Miss Universe competition.…

21 Jun 2006

Strongmen in Rīga

It was 1:30 in the morning and, for some reason, we could not sleep. So we turned on the television…

16 Apr 2006

Murphy’s Law: A case study

Murphy’s Law (in Latvian, Merfija likums) states that if anything can go wrong, it will. A case in point is…

23 Mar 2006

The Balkans

Latvia should just quit the Baltic family and move in with the Balkans down south. Some folks already think the…

26 Feb 2006

Fly guys from Latvia

Those aerial acrobats you saw during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy? They were all…

24 Feb 2006

Hockey is their life

So what if the Latvian ice hockey team crashed and burned during the Winter Olympics? The fans love the team…

05 Feb 2006

Celebrity updates

The SuperBowl football championship saw plenty of attention in the days before the Feb. 5 contest in Detroit, Mich., between…

24 Jan 2006

Heijā, šeit nav mēstuļu!

The trendiness of Gmail has worn off a bit (it’s so 2004, after all), but the free Web-based e-mail…

19 Aug 2005

Ethnic relations in fiction

The latest fiction offering in the weekly magazine The New Yorker is a short story, “Thicker Than Water,” by…

05 Aug 2005

Evidence of things Latvian

If there’s a Latvian connection to be found, we’ll milk it. In that spirit, consider the new television crime show…

27 Jul 2005

710,000 thumbs and holding

One of our guilty pleasures, the Rīga-based social network draugiem.lv, has hit its share of bumps in recent weeks.…

01 Jul 2005

Ganiņš biju: The video

To round out the school year, the Latvian community of Stockholm, Sweden, decided to stage a performance of composer Bruno…

19 Jun 2005

What about Gaiziņkalns?

Ed Viesturs, son of a Latvian mechanical design engineer and a German mother, describes himself as “America’s leading high altitude…

17 Jun 2005

The surf club

We think this is a first: Umurkumurs, the downstairs bar in the Latvian Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, now has…

08 May 2005

The Paris Hilton of golf?

Latvian golfers have known about Natalie Gulbis for a while. Now the 22-year-old Latvian-American professional golfer from California is getting…

08 May 2005

Meow-sic to our ears

Reading the minutes of meetings may not be most people’s idea of fun, but here’s evidence that these records sometimes…

21 Apr 2005

Rīga reptile

That time we visited the Rīga Zoo, we missed the alligator, having more fun with the friendly North American porcupines,…

15 Apr 2005

Kādā frekvencē, Kenet?

American alternative rock group R.E.M.‘s famous song, “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?”, provides the soundtrack to a 30-second trailer showcasing a…

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16 May 2012

Vasks compilation of works exceptional

Though Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks has achieved success and fame with compositions for solo instruments, string quartets, orchestras, piano, among many other instruments, some of his most powerful and memorable works are his choir songs. The addition of text and language (particularly the Latvian language), in combination with the exceptional skill of the world-class Latvian Radio Choir, make his choir songs particularly haunting and emotionally affecting.

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16 May 2012

Galante captivates in the soul of Rīga

One of the best known Latvian musicians internationally, with a career spanning multiple decades, soprano Inese Galante (known as Inessa Galante internationally) has turned to sacred music on her latest 2011 release – The Soul of Rīga. Recorded at the Rīga Cathedral, the two CD collection features the Cathedral’s world famous organ performed by organists Aivars Kalējs and Mattias Wager.

Blogs

15 May 2012

LU studente veic pētījumu par diasporu un Latvijas medijiem

Kāda Latvijas Universitātes komunikācijas studiju studente griežas pie ārzemēs dzīvojošiem latviešiem ar lūgumu izpalīdzēt ar viņas pētijumu par Latvijas sabiedrisko mediju lietojumu ārzemēs dzīvojošo latviešu vidē.

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