On Thursday night, June 2, in Old Town of Riga, Latvia, several dozens of youth were demanding the resignation of newly elected president, ex-banker Andris Berzins (66). He was set to become the fourth Latvian president since the Baltic nation's independence in 1991....
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Latvia’s leggy blondes had already returned to their homes last night, following the annual 'Blonde Parade' in the capital city of Riga, when all at once it appeared that other event would outshine their march....
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Recently, the residents of the Baltic country of Latvia learned that their current presidential counselor had supplied secret information to a foreign embassy. Very likely that his superiors and the state security...
opinion by Aris Jansons | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 274 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Passengers aboard the stranded cruise ship Mona Lisa have been rescued. They were rescued off Latvia. " The Mona Lisa's captain had agreed to evacuate the ship after unsuccessful efforts to free it from a sand bank off Latvia's coast,...
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Legend has it that he used the triangular shape of the Fir Tree to describe the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The converted people began to revere the Fir tree as God’s Tree, as they had previously revered the Oak. By the 12th century...
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Man With A Movie Camera becomes Men WIth Movie Cameras? Or should it be "Manchester with Movie Cameras" ?In a crowdsourcey kind of angle on the classic 1929 Dziga Vertov film by "Man With A Movie Camera",...
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UPDATE: Check out this great photoset of the Riga pride parade. This week's gay pride parade held in the Latvian capital of Riga was the first ever pride parade held in the country not to end in violence or...
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According to teh Riga City Council, the government is really afraid of homosexuality: the Riga Pride 2006 parade permit application was denied due to "national security". The rally was held anyway, as Latvian...
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"In the cacophony of competing plans about how to deal with Iraq, one reality now appears clear: despite the Democratsâ victory this month in an election viewed as a referendum on the war, the idea of a rapid American troop withdrawal is fast receding as a viable...
" World leaders at the Nato summit in Riga, Latvia, today, with Tony Blair on the far right. Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP. The battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan is "winnable", Tony Blair declared today, as Nato allies pledged extra forces and greater...
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"RIGA, LATVIA (AP) -- President Bush, under pressure to find a new blueprint for Iraq, meets Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Wednesday in a high-stakes summit designed to mutually chart a stable, peaceful future...
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" UPDATED: 2006-11-29 01:45:15 MST By CP RIGA, Latvia -- A handful of NATO countries offered minor concessions on Afghanistan yesterday, suggesting they'll allow their troops to reinforce the Canadian contingent in Kandahar in emergencies. But the definition of "emergency"...
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" RIGA, Latvia - Under intense pressure to change course, President Bush " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> President Bush on Tuesday rejected suggestions Iraq " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Iraq has fallen into civil war and vowed not to...
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" Helping Canada's Afghan mission By CP RIGA, Latvia A handful of European NATO countries offered minor concessions on Afghanistan Tuesday, suggesting theyll allow their troops to reinforce the bloodied Canadian contingent in Kandahar in emergency circumstances. But the...
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