http://latviansonline.com Latvians Online is a Web site for anyone interested in Latvia and Latvians. Features include regular news reports, discussion forums, an events register, product reviews and shopping. en editor@latviansonline.com Copyright 2012 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8179/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8179/ Latvian President Andris Bērziņš is on a three-day visit to Chicago to attend the NATO defense alliance summit and to meet with the local Latvian community, according to his press office. Government, NATO, Presidents, Andris Bērziņš 2012-05-19 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8166/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8166/ Lai pieteiktos mobīlo pases darbstacijas apmeklējumam pa Milvoku Dziesmu svētku laiku dokumenti uz Latvijas vēstniecību ASV jau jānosūta līdz 13. jūnijam. 2012-05-14 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8165/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8165/ Klāva Sīpoliņa fonds 1981. gadā Ārzemju mākslas muzejā Rīgā sarīkoja pirmo trimdas mākslas skati. Kopš tā laika Latviešu Nacionālajā mākslas muzejā (LNMM) izveidojusies skaitliski nozīmīga kolekcija, kurā pārstāvēti apmēram 100 mākslinieki no ASV, Austrālijas, Austrijas, Kanādas, Lielbritānijas, Vācijas un Zviedrijas. 2012-05-14 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8164/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8164/ Anarborā Mičiganā 6. maijā noslēdzās Amerikas latviešu apvienības (ALA) 61. kongress. 3 dienas kongresā piedalījās ap 70 ASV latviešu organizāciju pārstāvji, kā arī vairāki viesi no Latvijas. Kongresa galvenais mērķis bija lemt par ALAs darba plāniem nākamajam gadam, kā arī ievēlēt jaunu apvienības valdi. 2012-05-13 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8145/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8145/ New York-based Standard & Poor’s, one of the leading services used by investors to gauge the degree of risk, has increased its short- and long-term credit rating of Latvia, the company announced May 2. Business and Economy 2012-05-02 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8142/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8142/ Two men in England have been arrested on suspicion of murder in the death last year of a 17-year-old girl from Latvia, a spokesperson for the Norfolk Constabulatory announced May 1. Society and Culture, Crime 2012-05-01 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8134/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8134/ The Very Rev. Dean Emeritus Vilis Vārsbergs, former president of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Latviešu ev. lut. baznīca Amerika, or LELBA) and former head of the theology program at the University of Latvia, died April 22 in Chicago, according to the church’s website. Society and Culture, Deaths 2012-04-24 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8105/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8105/ The next U.S. ambassador to Latvia will be a career diplomat who has previously served in Estonia, a spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Rīga announced March 30. Government 2012-03-30 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8093/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8093/ The editor of a muckraking website that has published compromising emails from Rīga Mayor Nils Ušakovs has been shot in his apartment building, Latvian media report. Society and Culture, Crime 2012-03-29 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8075/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8075/ Police in England have reported a possible breakthrough in the death of Latvian teenager Alisa Dmitrijeva, whose body was discovered on land in West Norfolk owned by the British royal family. Society and Culture, Crime, Deaths 2012-03-19 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8050/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8050/ Latvia-born singer Laima Vaikule, backed by the female trio Lady’s Sweet and with a guest appearance by singer Jānis Stībelis (who also uses the stage name Jay Stever), kicks off a month-long tour of the United States and Canada with a March 8 concert in the Seattle area. Entertainment, Music 2012-03-07 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8022/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8022/ A Latvian government agency will appeal a recent Supreme Court ruling that restores dual citizenship for a scientist who now lives in Sweden, a spokesman says. Government, Dual citizenship 2012-02-24 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8011/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8011/ Preliminary results show voters in Latvia and abroad turned out in record numbers to resoundingly reject a Feb. 18 referendum that would have made Russian the country’s second official language. Government, Elections, Referendum 2012 2012-02-18 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8010/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/8010/ Around the world Latvian citizens are going to the polls Feb. 18 to cast a simple ballot in one of the most emotional issues in the country’s brief history as an independent state. Government, Elections, Referendum 2012 2012-02-18 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/7984/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/7984/ The hot-button language referendum scheduled Feb. 18 apparently has lots of voters abroad interested in letting their voice be heard, if figures from absentee ballot requests are any indication. Government, Elections, Referendum 2012 2012-02-08 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/7962/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/7962/ Latvian State Television (Latvijas Televīzija, or LTV) is testing a new channel aimed at Latvians abroad, the head of the service told a radio audience on Jan. 2. Computers and Internet, Entertainment, News and Media, Television 2012-02-03 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/7942/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/7942/ Calling his actions “brazen,” the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a man from Latvia in a stock price manipulation scheme that allegedly netted him more than USD 850,000 in illegal profits. Society and Culture, Crime 2012-01-26 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/7941/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/7941/ Police in the western Ireland county of Limerick are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing a 16-year-old Latvian girl who has been missing for one week. 2012-01-25 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/7940/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/7940/ American-born Nils Muižnieks, who repatriated to Latvia and became a leader in human rights issues, has been elected the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights. Government 2012-01-24 http://latviansonline.com/news/article/7933/ http://latviansonline.com/news/article/7933/ A total of 85 polling stations in 41 countries—the greatest number ever—will be open outside the homeland on Feb. 18 for a national referendum to decide if Russian should become an official language alongside Latvian. Government, Elections, Initiative 2011, Referendum 2012 2012-01-20