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Defense Minister Artis Pabriks in Spain to open exhibition dedicated to the Centenary of the Latvian army

Since the time it has become an independent state, there have been many different historical-cultural events that have influenced not only Latvia's path after the establishment of Latvia's statehood, but the development of Latvian literature as well.

Teachers in the Baltic country's bilingual schools are transitioning into teaching mostly in Latvian. Critics worry that the reform will come at the detriment of minority students -- mainly ethnic Russians.Words in various languages adorn the stairs of Riga's secondary school No.

This novel, translated from Latvian and set against an important moment in Latvian history, sees a family trying to unravel the mystery of a digital camera buried in their grandfather's coat as well as a Latvian soldier's desertion and travels a century earlier.

The UAE is a strategic partner for Latvia which can serve as a gateway enabling Latvian companies to expand their presence in the GCC, Latvian President H.E.

Whoever wants can use their language at home or in school," Latvian President Andris Berzins said in 2012, when there was a (failed) referendum about making Russian a second official language in Latvia.

The Baltic Times spoke with Ieva Kalnaca, Dace Lamberga, and Ginta Gerharde-Upeniece from the Latvian National Museum of Art and curators and the head of the project of the Wild Souls: Symbolism in the Baltic States, an exhibition which opens at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris on Apr.

This quote, from a book published in 1965, describes the Library of the Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music.

A small, semi-monthly Latvian newspaper published in Winnipeg but meant for immigrants throughout North America, Kanadietis was an alternative voice to the sometimes shrill calls of the dialectically opposed radical socialist and Christian-nationalist press to which readers had become accustomed in the first decade of the 20th century.

Despite attempts by Stalin to erode their national identity by flooding Latvia with Russian immigrants, the Latvian nation survived.

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