She was told they wanted "somebody actually from the diaspora who is multilingual, understands Western mentality, but also with good understanding of Latvian culture". But almost immediately she ...

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Latvia's Charge d'Affaires Dace Rutka to express concern about the "destruction of Russian historical and cultural heritage". Source: Russian ...

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According to this document, pre-school facilities that carry out education in the Russian language should offer support for children in studying the national culture and the Latvian language.

The best time to travel to Latvia is during the summer, between June and August, when the weather is warmer and the days are ...

Most of all, we have spent a lot of time networking and developing contacts to promote Latvia, our businesses, culture, tourism, and so on. Being a very small embassy with just two diplomats has been ...

Latvian and international leaders are wary of ... His parents are both professors of Russian language, so Russian literature and culture are important to his whole family. But since the invasion ...

Latvia regained independence over 30 years ago ... Personal accounts and interviews shed light on the challenges stemming from cultural identity, loyalty and historical trauma, and show how ...

The Latvian ruling coalition earlier backed the ... in their mother tongue - Russian - literature and subjects related to culture and history. The gradual implementation of this reform is set ...