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Features include regular news reports, discussionforums, an events register, product reviews and shopping. lv rkalnins@latviansonline.com Copyright 2009 http://latviansonline.com/commentary/article/5889/ http://latviansonline.com/commentary/article/5889/#When: 02 Jul 2009 One morning in early April I found myself on a shuttle bus bound for Brussels, that brave new… Society and Culture, Ethnicity 02 Jul 2009 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5862/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5862/#When: 25 Jun 2009 A resident of Virginia who is a career diplomat has been nominated by President Barack Obama to be… Government 25 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5851/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5851/#When: 24 Jun 2009 The number of people killed in Latvian road traffic accidents dramatically decreased last year, but the country still… Health, Society and Culture, Travel 24 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5841/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5841/#When: 23 Jun 2009 A woman who traveled to the United States and Canada is the first verified case of the H1N1… Health 23 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/commentary/article/5649/ http://latviansonline.com/commentary/article/5649/#When: 19 Jun 2009 Latvia awaits the longest day of the year in what seems to many like the longest year in… Government, Society and Culture, Folklore, Jāņi 19 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5648/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5648/#When: 18 Jun 2009 Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis has apologized to the Latvian people for the serious tests they will have to… Business and Economy, Government 18 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5647/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5647/#When: 17 Jun 2009 Latvia’s Health Minister Ivars Eglītis has resigned, saying he will not be responsible for what cuts in the… Government, Politics, Health, Society and Culture 17 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5646/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5646/#When: 15 Jun 2009 Political instability and internal conflict have contributed to Latvia dropping to 54th place in the Global Peace Index… Society and Culture 15 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/reviews/article/5641/ http://latviansonline.com/reviews/article/5641/#When: 14 Jun 2009 In 2006, five guys formed a collective “quite accidentally,” becoming The Sound Poets—or S.P.B. This accident partially stems… Compact discs, S.P.B. 14 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5636/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5636/#When: 13 Jun 2009 The first Baltic Remembrance Day is scheduled June 14 in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the Latvians, Estonians and… Social Science, History, Soviet occupation 13 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5635/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5635/#When: 13 Jun 2009 The Latvian government has reached agreement on a further LVL 500 million in budget cuts, a move observers… Business and Economy, Government 13 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5633/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5633/#When: 11 Jun 2009 A new 1-lat coin depicting the traditional Namejs ring (Nameja gredzens), often viewed as a symbol of one’s… Business and Economy, Government, Social Science, History, Society and Culture, Folklore 11 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5629/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5629/#When: 09 Jun 2009 How Latvian citizens abroad voted for the country’s European Parliament representatives may never be known, because their ballots… Government, Elections, Europarliament 2009 09 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5624/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5624/#When: 07 Jun 2009 Sandra Kalniete, a former foreign minister and now a member of the Latvian parliament, appears to be heading… Government, Elections, Europarliament 2009 07 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/reviews/article/5623/ http://latviansonline.com/reviews/article/5623/#When: 07 Jun 2009 In 1987 a group of women in the Medņeva area of far northeastern Latvia established an ensemble devoted… Books, Beitāne, Anda 07 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5621/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5621/#When: 07 Jun 2009 The socialdemocratic Harmony Centre (Saskaņas centrs, or SC) appears to have fared even better in the Rīga City… Government, Elections, Europarliament 2009 07 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5619/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5619/#When: 06 Jun 2009 Relatively high turnout June 6 across Latvia and especially in Rīga has apparently given the socialdemocratic Harmony Centre… Government, Elections, Europarliament 2009 06 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5613/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5613/#When: 05 Jun 2009 More than 1,500 absentee ballots have been requested by Latvian citizens living abroad who want to vote in… Government, Elections, Europarliament 2009 05 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5611/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5611/#When: 04 Jun 2009 More than 51,000 people in Latvia have already cast ballots in the first two days of early voting… Government, Elections, Europarliament 2009 04 Jun 2009 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5610/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/5610/#When: 03 Jun 2009 It would be like taking a city such as Ludza and erasing it from the map: The population… Society and Culture 03 Jun 2009