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

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 [...]

I am enjoyin being accredited for the FIBA U19 for real. Just got home from Valmiera where I spent a basketball-filled afternoon yesterday. And media reception at the event is perfect, I tell ya. Everything is in tact, organizers working like a swiss clock. Nice and smooth registration (check out my media pass, what!), personal [...]

I mean, what Chinese Taipei really is? A Chinese cuisine dish? I heard it’s a country.. As the U19 World Championship approaches, people here in Latvia are wondering: “What in the world is the host’s first opponent?”. Easy googlin’ and we got it – Chinese Taipei is Taiwan. Looks like that’s what most of Latvian [...]

Latvian starting C for the upcoming FIBA U19 World Championship Davis Bertans is ready to be ballin!! In a recent interview with FIBA, Young D said he’s real excited to play in the Worlds in Latvia. “This is going to be really special, because all of the relatives, friends can come and watch, so we’ll [...]

I got some fantastic news last week – The email from FIBA has arrived confirming that I have been accredited as a blogger for the 2011 FIBA U19 Basketball World Championship that’s taking place here in Latvia June 30 to July 10. Yup, I’m gonna cover the event here on Riga Talk, it’s official!! I [...]

Yesterday, I have discovered a perfect way to watch live NBA games while in Riga. I mean, not even discovered but really tried it out for the first time. There are Conference Finals underway in the World’s premier basketball league, the Finals are ahead and that means, it’s time to watch some beautiful basketball. During [...]

Njā, Kārlis ir tāds Seržants. “LNT rīcībā ir nonācis šokējošs video”. Manuprāt, gan – nekas vairāk, kā kārtējais lēts mēģinājums uztaisīt sensāciju. Kā divas krievu tīnes izrēķinās savā starpā, pareizāk – viena izrēķinās ar otru, ir redzēts vismaz pirms gada (pietiek ievadīt vārdu “драка” youtubā un atradīsies daudz kas pa šo tēmu). Nav runa, kadri, [...]

On the note of TNS releasing the news of the tremendous growth online media advertising market saw through 2007, I would like to praise and applause for this thing we’re so used to: the Web. C’mon y’all, stand up! That’s what I’m talking bout. Ad market is surely reflecting what the masses chew on – [...]