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04 Jul 2008
State TV also streams song festival events
Latvian State Television now also will stream a limited number of 2008 Latvian Song and Dance Festival events live over the Internet.
The state-funded broadcaster announced July 3 that 10 events during the July 5-12 celebration will be available on www.ltv1.lv and www.ltvarhivs.lv.
Events to be streamed include:
- July 5: The sacred music concert beginning at 21:00 hours Latvian time.
- July 6: The song festival parade starting at 11:00 hours and the…
03 Jul 2008
Song festival events to air on radio, TV, Web
If you can’t be there in person for the 2008 Latvian Song and Dance Festival in Rīga, you can still…
01 Jul 2008
Latvian gets 4 years for Northern Ireland killing
A 23-year-old man from Latvia has been sentenced to serve four years in prison after he admitted to manslaughter in…
29 Jun 2008
Saeima sacks Loskutovs, keeps 2 ministers
The head of Latvia’s anti-corruption bureau has been fired by the Saeima, while two government ministers survived votes of no…
28 Jun 2008
ALA backs resolution to honor Latvia, push Russia
The American Latvian Association has thrown its support behind a proposed U.S. Senate resolution that congratulates Latvia on the 90th…
26 Jun 2008
Fossils from Latvia aid evolutionary theory
Fossilized remains of a 365-million-year-old creature first discovered 14 years ago in Latvia help explain how fish evolved into four-legged…
25 Jun 2008
Nationalists assault Latvian ambassador in Moscow
Latvia’s foreign ministry has condemned the actions of right-wing Russian nationalists who poured red liquid on Ambassador Andris Teikmanis during…
21 Jun 2008
Latvians abroad celebrate Midsummer
Although Līgo vakars and Jāņu diena, or June 23 and 24, together make up the biggest holiday in the homeland,…
19 Jun 2008
Library opens online exhibit about song festivals
An online exhibit showcasing the history of Latvian song festivals from 1864-1940 has been opened by the National Library of…
18 Jun 2008
Prime minister hurt in traffic accident
Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis has been injured in a traffic accident in Rīga and will spend about a week in…
18 Jun 2008
Statistics: Latvia’s housing stock up in 2007
The amount of housing stock in Latvia continued to increase last year, according to the Central Statistical Bureau in Rīga,…
17 Jun 2008
Adelaide, Sydney withdraw from mail ballot processing
If you live in Australia and want to vote by mail in Latvia’s Aug. 2 constitutional referendum, you will need…
17 Jun 2008
Rīga mayor suggests renaming airport for Meierovics
If a downtown Rīga boulevard could be renamed for Latvia’s first foreign minister, then why not the country’s leading airport?…
14 Jun 2008
Vīķe-Freiberga earns honorary doctorate at York
Former Latvian President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga will receive an honorary doctorate during commencement ceremonies June 18 at York University in Toronto,…
13 Jun 2008
Commission sets referendum polling places abroad
A total of 48 polling stations in 39 countries will be open Aug. 2 so Latvian citizens abroad may vote…
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State TV also streams song festival events
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Song festival events to air on radio, TV, Web
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TV service tells story of Latvians in Ireland
Latvians in Ireland now have their own television service, Latviešu Televīzija Īrijā, created by a team of former…
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