News Latvia People: Zelensky congratulates Egils Levits on winning Latvia's presidential election
"Congratulations to Egils Levits on winning the presidential election in the Republic of Latvia. I wish success to you and the friendly people of Latvia! I highly appreciate Latvia's support in ...
News Latvia People: MPs elect ex-Soviet dissident with Jewish roots as Latvian president
He told Latvijas Radio1, “I love to go on walking tours through the countryside, meeting regular people. That way, I’m sure to know Latvia deeper and more personally than most of the Riga-dwelling ...
News Latvia People: European court judge elected as Latvia's new president
He was also a judge at the European Court of Human Rights. Addressing the Parliament in Riga, the Latvian capital, Levits pledged to be "the president of all people - those living in Latvia, those ...
News Latvia People: Latvia to get Jewish president?
Addressing criticism he has been abroad most of his life, Levits said: "I spend all my free time in Latvia with my family, away from the European Court in Luxembourg." "I love to go on walking tours ...
News Latvia People: Video shows Mavericks' Kristaps Porzingis bloodied after altercation in Latvia
Mavericks forward Kristaps Porzingis was apparently involved in some sort of physical altercation in Latvia recently ... “I will say this. Some people need to do their homework and use some common ...
News Latvia People: Video Appears to Show Kristaps Porziņgis With Bloodied Face Following Incident in Latvia (UPDATE)
The video, filmed in his home country of Latvia, shows him confronting a group of men after ... A fight reportedly broke out, although there's no indication on how many people were responsible for ...
News Latvia People: From Latvian orphanage to Division I college soccer: The remarkable journey of Yulia Hayes
"Most people have talent and she has talent ... you have to understand her journey to America. Yulia was born in Latvia, and lived with her mother until she passed away from cancer.
News Latvia People: Was the Mayor of Latvia’s Capital Ousted Because He Was Corrupt, or Russian?
Most of Ušakovs’ supporters come from the Russian minority, which accounts for about a quarter of Latvia’s nearly two million people. In his efforts to woo and consolidate those voters, Ušakovs’ ...
News Latvia People: Far from Brussels, Latvians are European at heart
Rezekne (Latvia) (AFP) - A Latvian border guard helicopter hovers ... a poor rural town of 12,000 people. "For every euro we spend for street repairs, construction works, laying water pipelines, ...
