Amber plays a role in Latvian history and has always been an essential part of the Latvian cultural identity. In ancient times the amber found along Latvia’s Baltic Sea coast was considered ‘good as gold’ and was sought by Vikings as well as traders as far away as Egypt, Greece and the Roman Empire. This led to the development of the Amber Road between Latvia and the Black Sea. Latvians, on the other hand, often refer to their Baltic Sea as The Amber Sea (Dzintarjūra) and have adopted amber as one of their most treasured cultural symbols.

Riga International Film festival Arsenals is being organized biennially in September. During 12th to 21st of September it will celebrate its 19th edition. It will offer different sections: International Film Competition, Baltic Film Competition, World Panorama and special thematic programmes and retrospectives. The main prize of Arsenal’s International Film Competition is 20 000 USD and the winner will be decided by a lottery, each of participating film directors will receive a special prize – The Magical Crystal.

Soviet Union FC was founded on 23 February 2002. The club was admitted to Division 3a of Carlsberg Leinster Football League for 2002-2003 season. Soviet Union FC has the misfortune of never having won the League Championship. The only trophy club has is a Swift Cup. During the last four years the club was promouted to the Major Division of CLFL. Due to rotation of players club could not get a stable squad to win and finish as runner-up team for the first three seasons.

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Several Latvian organizations in Ireland have sent an open letter to Finance Minister Atis Slakteris (People's Party), demanding that the income tax laws in Latvia be revised. The government, at a meeting on June 10, heard a report by the Society Integration Affairs Minister's Secretariat regarding measures that have to be taken to prompt residents who have found jobs abroad to return home, informs LETA.

Latvia (/ˈlætviə/) (historically Lettonia, or Lettland), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvija or Latvijas Republika), is a country in Northern Europe. Latvia shares land borders with Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south — and both Russia and Belarus to the east. It is separated from Sweden in the west by the Baltic Sea. The capital of Latvia is Riga (Latvian: Rīga). Latvia has been a member state of the European Union since May 1, 2004 and a member of NATO since March 29, 2004.

History

The territory of Latvia has been populated since 9000 BC with the proto-Baltic ancestors of the Latvian people settling on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea around the third millennium BC (3000 BC). By 900 AD, four Baltic tribal cultures had developed: Couronians, Latgallians, Selonians, Semigallians (in Latvian: kurši, latgaļi, sēļi and zemgaļi), as well as the Livonians (līvi) speaking a Finno-Ugric language.

Whereas you can't fly to Riga from anywhere in the world, the Latvian capital is widely accessible by air from most major European cities. AirBaltic alone travels to over thirty destinations, from Barcelona and Paris, to Moscow and Vienna. Those looking for cheap flights will be pleased to know that Ryanair have good coverage of the UK and Ireland, flying to London Stansted, Liverpool, Glasgow (Prestwick) and Dublin, whilst Easyjet fly to Berlin Schoenfeld. For those that like a little more leg room British Airways run a service to London Gatwick. Once you've arrived in Riga, no real dramas should present themselves.

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Since 1993 the Latvian national currencey has been the aptly-named Lat. The Lat has the enormous advantage for British tourists of not only being an easy name to remember and pronounce, but for also being almost exactly equal to one pound sterling, thus vastly reducing the time spent calculating how much the last round cost you. Of course the downside ergo is that the Lat is not monopoly money to be thrown around like the Vietnamese Dong. Spend wisely or incur the wrath of your bank manager! There are 100 Santimes to every Lat.

Latvia (/ˈlætviə/) (historically Lettonia, or Lettland), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvija or Latvijas Republika), is a country in Northern Europe. Latvia shares land borders with Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south — and both Russia and Belarus to the east. It is separated from Sweden in the west by the Baltic Sea. The capital of Latvia is Riga (Latvian: Rīga). Latvia has been a member state of the European Union since May 1, 2004 and a member of NATO since March 29, 2004.