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January 27th, 201635707 City water supply provider "Rīgas Ūdens" ("Riga Water") is implementing municipal drinking water purification this week. Chlorine odor might be present in tap water — which is totally safe, the company states. Water purification and supply system disinfection city-wide is done by the process of adding chlorine to water, known as...
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January 25th, 201613258 Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis was moved between hospitals in Riga as concerns over his health continued. After being admitted to Riga Eastern Clinical University Hospital last week with an apparent viral infection, his office said the President was continuing to work from his bed. However during the next days an update said...
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January 13th, 201610463 Latvian President Raimonds Vējonis has announced a prime minister candidate Wednesday — nominating Māris Kučinskis for the position. The decision did not come easy as the President met with potential PM candidates last week and earlier this week. Meetings were held in secret – no names of potential candidates, location or time...
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January 12th, 2016491337 The most distinguished writer of Latvian popular music and pianist Raimonds Pauls turns 80 today! Happy Birthday Maestro! Pauls is the most famous composer not only in Latvia, but also far beyond its borders. His music has been performed in countless countries and in the most prestigious concert halls, and all of this was possible...
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January 11th, 20166596 The Riga Council has announced today that public transportation will be free for motorists on Monday, to reduce traffic in snowstorm. Your vehicle registration document will serve as a valid ticket on board of any Rigas Satiksme public transport. The so called "Snowstorm Tickets" is the initiative of the Mayor of Riga Nils Ušakovs...
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January 9th, 2016281002 The Fifth round of the Viessmann Luge World Cup is underway in Sigulda today and the morning started with women's race. Latvian luge athletes Eliza Cauce and Ulla Zirne have finished 4th and 17th respectively in the race in freezing -15°C cold but a good quality, hard ice on their home track in Sigulda. Eliza scored her best...
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January 7th, 2016224114 World’s Leading Internet TV Service Now Live in More than 190 Countries, including Latvia Netflix launched its service globally, simultaneously bringing its Internet TV network to more than 130 new countries around the world. The company made the announcement -- and the service went live -- during a keynote by Co-founder and Chief...
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January 6th, 20166501 A Latvian hacker who made $1,000 for writing code used in a virus that infected more than a million computers worldwide has already spent enough time in prison, a U.S. judge ruled. Deniss Čalovskis was sentenced to the 20 1/2 months he spent in jail fighting extradition to the U.S. and in pretrial custody. He’ll probably be returned...
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January 4th, 201691562 The long awaited winter has finally arrived — Riga got covered in beautiful snow over the first weekend of 2016. Causing transportation problems and traffic jams early Monday morning, this type of weather has definitely got some perks. (Pictured!) Many city dwellers felt disturbed though, and rightfully so: not only is it cold...
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