No foul play is suspected in the death of a Latvian man who was the subject of a missing person case in Kilkenny, Ireland, authorities say.
Arturs Vagalis was found dead March 15 in Kilkenny, which is about 115 kilometers south of Dublin.
He had disappeared Feb. 20 and the Garda, or Irish police, issued a plea for the public’s assistance in finding him.
Vagalis was 36 years old.
Latviešu valodas apguves pieejamību un prasmes pilnveidi tautiešiem ārzemēs un ārzemju augstskolās varētu sekmēt jauna sadarbība starp Latvijas Republikas Izglītības un zinātnes ministriju un Pasaules brīvo latviešu apvienību.
Kā ziņo ministrija, abas puses 23.martā parakstīja sadarbības līgumu. Līgums paredz “pedagoģiskā un metodiskā atbalsta nodrošināšanu tautiešiem ārzemēs latviešu valodas apguvei un latviešu valodas apguves pieejamību un prasmes pilnveidi ārzemju augstskolās”.
Ministrija pieaicinās PBLA pārstāvjus kā ekspertus un veidos sadarbību ar nevalstiskajām organizācijām.
Līgumu Rīgā parakstīja Mareks Gruškevics, ministrijas valsts sekretārs, un Jānis Kukainis, PBLA valdes priekšsēdētājs.
A new Web site examining the Roma community in Latvia has been unveiled by the Roma Culture Development Centre. Roma also are known as the Gypsy people or, in Latvian, čigāni.
The site, Romi.lv, claims to be the first such medium in the Baltic states. It was unveiled March 21.
Romi.lv reports news and covers issues about the Roma community, and also provides background on the history, traditions and role of Roma in Latvia. Among well-known Roma in Latvia, the site notes, is young singer Dzintars Čīča.
A total of 8,512 Roma lived in Latvia at the beginning of 2006, according to the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia.
Information on the site is presented in Latvian, English and Russian.
The site is supported by the British Embassy in Latvia and the Secretariat of the Special Assignments Minister for Social Integration.
