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Three for the Patriot Weekend: Lights, Readiness, Food
It's a Patriot Weekend! See what it offers.
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Festivals & Events in Latvia
Festivals & Events notices and news from Latvia.
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'Iļģuciems metalhead' needs your help to make it home
The band ‘DJ Krankenwagen’, in collaboration with various Latvian musicians and artists, has released a video game called ‘Iļģuciems metalhead’. In it, the player takes on the role of a metal music fan and, after a concert, must make their way from the ‘Melnā piektdiena’ club back home to the Iļģuci
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Riga · LSM English
WATCH AGAIN: Lāčplēsis Day concert and candles
Latvian Television is providing extensive coverage on November 11th of events marking Lāčplēsis Day, Latvia's version of Remembrance Day.
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Riga · LSM English
WATCH LIVE: Lāčplēsis Day concert and candles
Latvian Television is providing extensive coverage on November 11th of events marking Lāčplēsis Day, Latvia's version of Remembrance Day.
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Diaspora cookbook promises an international taste of Latvia
A new book is arriving that showcases the culinary talents and life stories of Latvians all around the world.
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Riga · LSM English
Take a Lāčplēsis Day walk across Rīga
Latvia marks 'Lāčplēsis Day' on 11th November – the day of a crucial victory against joint German and White Russian forces under Count Pavel Bermondt-Avalov was won by the fledgling republic of Latvia, which had declared independence a year earlier.
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What is 'Lāčplēsis Day' in Latvia?
November 11 is Latvia's day to remember those who have fallen in defence of the Latvian nation and its hard-won freedoms.
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Special 'Patriot Week' Latvian film selection to be available online
From Lāčplēsis Day, November 11th, the National Film Centre's website filmas.lv will launch its Patriot Week Online Festival – a selection of Latvian films, which will be available for free to watch anytime and anywhere in the world where you have an internet connection.
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Riga · LSM English
Staro Rīga light festival to be more disability-friendly this year
From 15 to 18 November, Riga will host the annual ‘Staro Rīga’ light festival, which this year, for the first time, will be made more accessible to blind and visually impaired people, the organisers announced.
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Check the weather! Latvian beliefs on Mārtiņdiena
On November 10, Latvia traditionally marks Mārtiņdiena – the middle point between the autumn and winter solstice, when the harvest has been collected and the long winter is ahead.
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