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Cosmos heads down a new path, and to Canada
June 14, 2008
When Latvians go visit someone, they bring a ciemakukulis, a standard present for the host. It’s not generally necessary to overthink what to bring: you more or less know what to get your relatives and you know what your friends like. But what are you supposed to bring a capella group Cosmos?
Apparently, a pineapple will do just fine.
In the minutes before a recent interview in Rīga with the group’s three “Jankas”—Jānis Ozols (tenor), Jānis…
12 May 2008
Latvian hockey players, fans converge on Halifax
The International Ice Hockey Federation celebrates its 100th anniversary this year and as a gesture to the birthplace of hockey,…
13 Jan 2008
Latvians again dot North American hockey
With the turn of the New Year, North American hockey is at mid-season. This year 10 players from Latvia are…
11 Nov 2007
Čikāgas piecīši has secure spot in diaspora’s history
One cannot write about the history of the Latvian-American community, or even the worldwide Latvian diaspora, and not mention the…
27 Sep 2007
Latvian hockey, and Latvian hockey fans, come to Ireland
With the arrival of at least 20,000 Latvians in Ireland over the past several years, it is hardly surprising that…
07 Mar 2007
Latvia’s hockey juniors make their mark in Canada
Last summer a record number of six hockey players from Latvia were drafted by Canadian Hockey League major junior teams…
14 Dec 2006
Iļģi marks 25 years of pushing folk’s boundaries
If you were to ask Latvians what exactly makes them distinct, many might answer along the lines of “Latvian culture.”…
07 Oct 2006
The coalition is dead; long live the coalition
Voters in Latvia who went to bed Oct. 7 without having taken a last look at parliamentary election results woke…
06 Oct 2006
Latvian voters worldwide head to ballot box
Voters in Belgium, Ireland and the United Kingdom—many of whom are recent immigrants—offset losses elsewhere and helped stem a decline…
27 Sep 2006
Party Web sites improve, but could be better
Voters using the World Wide Web to gain information about the Oct. 7 Latvian parliamentary election have more resources available…
11 Sep 2006
Blogger: don’t vote, but push for change
Nearly a quarter of voters in Latvia said in mid-August that they did not know for which one of 19…
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20 Aug 2008
Ireland, Peru to join in ‘Gaismas tilti’ event
It won’t be just folks in Latvia going Aug. 22 to their favorite local bridge to light lanterns…
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19 Aug 2008
Rīga takes second place in new Monopoly game
Rīga earned the second-highest number of votes in six weeks of online balloting and will claim one of…
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19 Aug 2008
Ščerbatihs wins Latvia’s first medal of 2008 Olympics
Weightlifter Viktors Ščerbatihs has won Latvia’s first medal—a bronze—in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with his Aug. 19…
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