Latvia News News Latvia » Culture: Cultural renaissance sweeps Latvia for centenary
With homegrown books and films topping sales in Latvia after decades of foreign cultural domination, the small Baltic state is in the throes of a cultural renaissance as it marks 100 years of ...
News Latvia » Culture: Cultural Regeneration Drives Economic Renewal in Riga, Latvia
Can small countries, as part of the EU, regenerate in the face of economic pressures and a younger population in flight? Author and curator Lucy Bullivant recently visited Latvia’s capital city Riga, ...
News Latvia » Culture: Looking at Latvia’s Cultural Fault Line
Municipal officials in the Latvian capital Riga last fall quietly decided to remove citywide public-service billboards that promoted tolerance. A factor in the removal was that some civic groups did ...
News Latvia » Culture: Latvian Culture Exhibit Displayed At Library
A Latvian Culture Exhibit will be on display at the South Windsor Library throughout the month of August. Windsor resident Helga Maggi spent 12 hours creating the display as a chance to show her ...
News Latvia » Culture: Five days, 4,000 visitors: Grand Rapids hosts Latvian Song and Dance Festival
For the first time ever, Grand Rapids is hosting the Latvian Song and Dance Festival. The five-day celebration of Latvian culture is expected to draw thousands of visitors from around the world.
News Latvia » Culture: Latvian official highlights culture’s role in fostering understanding between nations
ABU DHABI, 29th April, 2025 (WAM) -- Baiba Murniece, Deputy State Secretary at Latvia's Ministry of Culture, underlined the role of culture in fostering peace and mutual understanding, saying it can ...
News Latvia » Culture: Ukrainians and Latvians are repudiating the Russian language
IT WAS AS though the communities lived both on top of each other and entirely apart. Andrejs Vasiljevs, who runs a digital-translation company in Riga, recalls the divided schedule of his school in ...
News Latvia » Culture: Jews in Latvia Have Cultural Autonomy but Make No Use of It Charges Latvian Minister of Education
The Jews in Latvia have a cultural autonomy secured by special law and by the existence of a Jewish Educational Department in the Ministry of Education, declared Professor Stroibeck, Latvian Minister ...
News Latvia » Culture: Grand Rapids welcomes first-ever Latvian Song and Dance Festival in Michigan with stunning parade
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — For the first time, Michigan is hosting the Latvian Song and Dance Festival, with Grand Rapids serving as the hub of the five-day celebration of Latvian music, dance and cultural ...