Cesis, Latvia News

Potholes are the bane of drivers the world over. But Latvians have particular grounds for grievance.

With the clock ticking until Latvia gets a green light to join the eurozone in 2014, the Baltic state's leaders are pulling out all the stops to demonstrate just how ready it is.

In an interview with the daily Neatkariga Rita Avize earlier this month, the University of Latvia professor and the chairman of the Presidential Historians' Committee Inesis Feldmanis said that cooperation between Latvian and Russian historians will improve once Russia admits to Latvia's occupation, reports LETA.

P atrol boat 'Viesite', built in the country's Riga Shipyard, has been accepted by Latvia's Ministry of Defence.

Born into a music oriented family on the outskirts of the windy, undisputed home of Latvian rock, Liepaja, it is only natural that 23-year-old Miks Dukurs has stayed in the family business to make a name for himself as a singer/songwriter. Having competed for Latvia's spot at this year's Eurovision with the first English-language song that he ... (more)