Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
RIGA - Riga International Airport (RIX), born October 1974, is the country’s busiest airport. Controlled at the time by Aeroflot, the airline synonymous with USSR civil aviation, Riga’s airport had no right to independent management. After Latvia restored its independence in 1991, the...
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
RIGA - The major decisions on the 2010 budget have been agreed, with any minor changes not expected to interfere with Saeima’s vote on the bill on Dec. 1, says Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis (New Era), reports news agency LETA. The budget has been debated under a stiff negotiating positi...
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
RIGA - Everything happens for a reason. There are very few things that do not have a purpose or do not cause any consequences. These consequences may not be so obvious, but they are always there. Anything you decide to do can have an impact on the history of human kind. Let’s say your f...
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
RIGA - Make-up is something that characterizes our nature and preferences. In times of crisis women activate their enticement methods and want to attract more attention to their personality. The latest research shows that women try to use more bright colors, to underline their individuality durin...
Dresden (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Latvian army soldier during a military exercise near Riga. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has accused the West of breaking promises made after the fall ...
Riga Daily Photo (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Full car wash in Riga usually costs around 15 ls (20 EUR). When it is said full, it means exterior and interior cleaning. Usually after washing, car looks for a couple of thousands more expensive :)
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Riga - Fears grew about the spread of the A/H1N1 flu virus, known commonly as swine flu, in the Baltics Wednesday, after Latvian health officials confirmed two more deaths as a result of the illness. The Centre for Infectious Diseases said a 49-year-...
The Northern England Art Rock Society (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Breathing Space have announced their first overseas mini-tour with gigs in Belgium and Holland during February 2010. Four more UK dates have also been added after their last appearance for this year at the Duchess in York (December 6th). The dates are as follows... Sun 06 Dec 09 - York, England, Duchess Sat 20 Feb 10 - Norwich, England, Brickmakers Thu 25 Feb 10 - Veviers, Belgium Spirit of 66 Fri...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Riga - A Latvian police officer was arrested Tuesday in neighbouring Lithuania for driving a stolen German car, the Latvian website Apollo reported. Lithuanian police pulled over the BMW X5 vehicle, which had German registration plates, for a routine...
UK airports information blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Ryanair is to expand services from Glasgow Prestwick airport with the launch of new flights to Carcassonne in France. The airline will also add extra flights on its services to Dublin, Riga, Barcelona Girona, Alicante, Palma and Tenerife. Flights to Carcassonne will start on 31 March and will operate twice a week on Sundays and Wednesdays. For up-to-date [...]
TV Show Episode Guide (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
LIVE STREAM Dinamo Riga vs MVD 23/11/2009 JUSTIN.TV SOPCAST 3.2.4 Russia - KHL Streaming Online TV For Free Live And Highlight Match Nov 23,2009 Embeding From Justin.TV / Sopcast / Ustream Watch Video Highlight From Youtube / Dailymotion LIVE STREAM BROADCASTING INTERNET TV
Travel Guides (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Riga obtained an advertising budget of 500,000£ to attract UK tourists. But a bad translation of the slogan stopped the ad campaign in its tracks. No one had checked the posters and leaflets before they were sent to the printer. The slogan, which should have read “Riga City: Easy to go, hard to leave!” was translated [...]
Martin Kelly (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
A person named Vaira Vike-Freiberga, apparently a former president of Latvia, has written that , "The European Union’s founding fathers knew that it had to be built brick by brick if it was to be accepted". One must have some sympathy for those who bear names that sound like leg infections; but Tim Worstall has, quite rightly, stuck both boots into this woman's arrogance and insolence...
rsseurope.net | Published News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Carlo Tancredi posted a photo: Melngalvju Nams (The Blackheads' House), Riga. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved My travel in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ... 18 Vote(s)
Riga Daily Photo (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Forum Cinemas as known as Parex Plaza and formerly was known as Coca-Coca Plaza is one of two mainstream Riga cinemas, in other words which shows the same movies as everywhere else in the world. The most interesting thing about Latvian cinemas is that movies are usually subtitled in two languages (Latvian and Russian) at the same time. Only animated cartoons for children are being dubbed.
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