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 [...]

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 [...]

It is a bright and merry holiday in the Orthodox world today – Christmas is being celebrated. My sincere greetings go out to all of you and if you’re into Russian or Latvian, please take your time and watch, or read on, the Christmas Message of Metropolitan of Riga and all Latvia Alexander. Merry Christmas! [...]