I’m sure most of y’all heard about TED – Ideas worth spreading – and have probably watched at least one TED Talk in your life. (If not, I guarantee you’re gonna find one that’ll become your favourite). Well, TEDx are kinda wannabe-TED-events, independently organized throughout the world. One of them was hosted in Riga today. Presented [...]

Long awaited, anticipated and hated – it finally arrives: the official, state-owned Crime Map displaying law violations committed on the territory of Latvia. Provided by the government e-services web portal Latvija.lv, the map currently features crimes from January 1 2010 only, but definitely provides valuable informative insight. It is available in Latvian only and allows [...]

Thanks to the Riga Transport enthusiast Viteks Bariševs, Riga will now have a cool public transit map. The official carrier, Rigas Satiksme, has failed to introduce its own comprehensive solution for years, so the initiative is now in hands of a private creator. Currently, the map is available as preview only, on Viteks Bariševs’ Facebook [...]

I had an honor to participate in the Young European Entrepreneurs Seminar 2011 last week in Brussels, hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee. 52 of us active young entrepreneurs from 18 European countries have met in the heart of the European Quarter, with the goal of pulling together the knowledge, experience and our [...]

I discovered a nifty service called Storify today, and thought I’d tell you a lil story – View “Facebook Dot Com Slash Latvia” on Storify

Word on the street, is that Google Maps Street View Team is pumpin their tires and fillin up gas tanks to finally roll out to the roads of Riga and the rest of Latvia. Now it’s been some time (like a year or two?), since Google applied for the possibility to scan the city. After [...]

I give credit for winning the U19 Worlds to the MVP Jonas Valanciunas, no doubt, but the real champs are Lithuanian fans! The Basketball Nation created a tremendous atmosphere in the Arena Riga – singing, chanting – all together, helping their team propel to the title. I literally had cold chills down my back every [...]

What a comeback. Do you call cutting a 29 point deficit to a 3-point game a comeback? Anyway, Team Latvia just fell short of what coulda been a magnificent victory over Poland who started out ballin in the 1st half. And guess who buried the hopes of a small Baltic nation? The refs. Coach Jansons, [...]

To continue the U-19 Championship in style and get more W’s, Team Latvia needs to boost assists and steals, and reduce turnovers. The host team has shown poor performance in all three of these categories in the preliminary round. Latvia is next to last in assists – just 10.3 dimes per game – which is [...]

The USA U19 Hoops Squad is ballin out of control this World Championship in Latvia (3-0 so far, the only undefeated team after preliminary round). And what helps a healthy man stay on top of the game? Right, good proper nutrition. Liepaja catering hasn’t been all good for the US team though.. Anthony Brown tweeted [...]