December 30th, 2008 — Latvian
In Latvia, about 4,000 people participated in the rally expressing
their support to Georgia.
Small coffins with inscriptions in Latvian, Russian and Georgian
languages “Russian conscience” were carried ahead of the procession.
Protesters also carried white roses, Georgian and Latvian flags as well as
photos from the war zone and posters “Russia, hands off Georgia”,
“NATO, stop Russia’s aggression in Georgia”, “Latvia for
inseparable Georgia” “Russia- once more an occupant”, “God
bless Georgia”.
Свыше 4000 человек собрались поддержать Грузию. В понедельник вечером свыше 1 000 человек собрались у посольства Грузии в Латвии для того, чтобы песнями и цветами поддержать Грузию и осудить агрессию Россию.
Vairāk nekā 4000 iedzīvotāju pirmdien vakarā pulcējas pie Gruzijas vēstniecības Latvijā, lai ar dziesmām un ziediem paustu atbalstu Gruzijai un nosodītu Krievijas agresiju.
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Technorati Tags: aggression, embassy, gajiens, georgia, gruzija, krievijas, Latvia, lavijoje, protesti, Rally, Riga, russia, Russian, support, vestniecibas, wojna, Грузию, Латвии
December 28th, 2008 — Riga
Fantastic game!!! Arena was sold out - 11.900 spectators!!! KHL record!
Great game from Dinamo, Avangard looked good too, but Riga better take her advantages and won!!! (0:0, 1:0, 1:0)
It was more than good present for all fans in Latvia in 24.december!
Merry Christmas!!! 
Duration : 0:5:7
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Technorati Tags: Avangard, Dinamo, fantastic, hockey, KHL, Latvia, Omsk, Riga, russia, victory
December 20th, 2008 — Latvia
Latvia or Lettland. What do you know about this country?
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Technorati Tags: cartoon, history, Latvia, Letland, Lettland, russia, russland, латыш
December 13th, 2008 — Latvian Language
Russia Today: December 10, 2008
http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/34511
Words could cost you dear in Latvia
Latvia is preparing to double the so-called language fine for using a non-state language in the workplace. Offenders caught speaking a foreign tongue in any office or business will soon have to pay the equivalent of $100.
While the rules would appear to be aimed at reducing the use of Russian in Latvia, they could in theory be used against people using English, French, German or any other foreign language.
Amendments to the legislation were passed on December 9 with final voting on the bill scheduled for later this month.
At the moment, language violators can escape with just a warning. But when the new regulations come into force, a fine will be the only option.
The current fine of 25 lats ($50) is rising to 50 lats ($100)
Meanwhile, the penalty for speaking a non-state language without proper translation at public events is rising from 100 to 200 lats ($200 to $400).
The Latvian Employers Confederation and the country’s Human Rights Bureau oppose the amendments. They say the new rules will result in imposing penalties, for example, on people giving human rights advice in Russian.
Only two languages - Latvian and Livonian - are recognised as state languages.
According to the 2000 census, 94 per cent of the Latvian population can speak Russian. Almost 40 per cent consider Russian their native tongue.
http://www.russiatoday.com/features/news/33442
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Technorati Tags: language, Latvia, russia
December 11th, 2008 — Latvian Language
Latvia is preparing to double the so-called language fine for using a non-state language in the workplace. Offenders caught speaking a foreign tongue in any office or business will soon have to pay the equivalent of $100.
While the rules would appear to be aimed at reducing the use of Russian in Latvia, they could in theory be used against people using English, French, German or any other foreign language.
Amendments to the legislation were passed on December 9 with final voting on the bill scheduled for later this month.
At the moment, language violators can escape with just a warning. But when the new regulations come into force, a fine will be the only option.
The current fine of 25 lats ($50) is rising to 50 lats ($100)
Meanwhile, the penalty for speaking a non-state language without proper translation at public events is rising from 100 to 200 lats ($200 to $400).
The Latvian Employers Confederation and the country’s Human Rights Bureau oppose the amendments. They say the new rules will result in imposing penalties, for example, on people giving human rights advice in Russian.
Only two languages - Latvian and Livonian - are recognised as state languages.
According to the 2000 census, 94 per cent of the Latvian population can speak Russian. Almost 40 per cent consider Russian their native tongue.
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Technorati Tags: Baltic, bigotry, discrimination, human, Latvia, rights, russia, slav, slavic
December 6th, 2008 — Riga
1989.gads.25.marta atcere Rīgā. Viena no pirmajām atļautām demonstrācijām.
On March 25, 1949, fulfilling the secret decision made by USSR Council of Ministers on January 29,1949, the USSR State Security Department and the troops of Ministry of Home Affairs realized the greatest people deportation in the history of Baltic States. The people were deported to Siberia by means of operation known under the name “Priboj” (Surf). This article is based upon the materials found in the Central archive of ex-USSR Soviet Army in Moscow. The author of the article analyses the number and structure of people deporters in Latvia. The deportations were carried out by the Inner forces of the USSR State Security Department (7456 men) and crack troops of the Destroy Battalion of Latvia State Security Department (6931 men). Apart from this there were about 12 000 members of Communist Party and Young Communist League participating in the deportations. So the local collaborationists made up about 63 per cent of the deporters. About 4000 professional officers of the State Security Department conducted the armed forces (3005 deporter groups). The people were taken to 55 railway stations. 42 322 persons were put into 3316 lorries and in 33 troop trains. Among these deported persons - “enemies of class” and of the occupation power - about 72,6 per cent were women and children. The deported were taken to the region of Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk and Amur. The officers of USSR State Security Department received many awards and medals “for the excellent execution of a special state task”.
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Technorati Tags: 1949, Baltic, deportations, Gulag, Latvian, mass, russia, USSR
November 30th, 2008 — Riga
First 5 Riga Dinamo games in the KHL. Many had doubts whether we will make the team competitive enought for the start of the KHL but we made it
Duration : 0:4:39
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Technorati Tags: Amur, Dinamo, hockey, Ice, Khabarovsk, KHL, Latvia, Latvija, Metallurg, Novokuznetsk, Novosibirsk, Riga, russia, sibir
November 29th, 2008 — Latvia
The Baltic Tragedy Third Reich Lithuania Latvia Estonia
http://www.occupationmuseum.lv
http://www.lettia.lv
keywords: Latvia, Lettland, USSR, Russia, 1939, 1940, latvian, russian, Stalin, soviet, communist, bolshevik, occupation, WWII, Baltic States, Minox, VEF, Vairogs, Ulmanis, legion, Waffen
Great Britain America USA Poland Polen Baltic Tragedy Third Reich Lithuania Latvija Lettland Latvia Eesti Estonia Estland WW2 Deutschland Germany Suomi Somija Finnen Finland Schweden Sweden Russian war crime Sas Russische Volk Kriegsverbrechen Halten Krieg Europäische Union European Union Fire and Ice The Winter War of Finland and Russia Red Army Terror Crimes
The new setting is equivalent to appending &fmt=6 to the URL and you get 448 x 336 FLV1 videos with audio encoded at a sample rate of 44100 Hz, up from 320 x 240 FLV1 videos with audio encoded at 22050 Hz.
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Technorati Tags: 1939, 1940, Baltic, Britain, Latvia, Lettland, Lithuania, Reich, russia, Third, Tragedy, USA, USSR
November 12th, 2008 — Latvian
War is war!
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Technorati Tags: dziesma, karavīrs, Latvia, Latvian, latvieši, Latvija, Legion, leģionāri, leģions, lette, Lettland, russia, Vilki
November 9th, 2008 — Riga
A video clip I’ve just created for the great Sveta’s song: Riga.
I hope you will enjoy the trip 
(I have used videos and images to show you what this song makes me think and muse about when I’m listening to it and closing my eyes…As you can see it’s all about a marvellous trip)
Duration : 0:3:12
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Technorati Tags: an, music, Riga, russi, russia, Song, sveta, музыка, Рига, Россия, Русская, света