Latvia’s coast guard Monday began evacuating a stranded cruise ship with nearly 1,000 people on board after tug boats failed to pull the luxury liner off an underwater sand bank in the Baltic Sea. ... 06 May 2008By Gary Peach / The Associated PressRIGA — Latvia's coast...
In the years following World War II, immigrants from the Baltic State of Latvia found home and work in the state of Washington. Photographs, textiles, folk costumes and fine art tell the story of the 50-year history of their...
Photo by Ashley WilliamsonBjörk is still struggling to beat the bug that kept her from playing a recent gig in Sheffield, England, and the result is that she has cancelled her July 10 show in Helsinki, Finland.A statement on...
The European Parliament demanded stricter environmental scrutiny Tuesday before construction gets under way on a controversial Baltic Sea pipeline designed to pump Russian natural gas to Germany. The European Union assembly...
RIGA (Reuters Life!) - Thousands of choral singers, dancers in traditional costumes and folk music lovers have descended on the Latvian capital this week for a massive festival which only comes round once every five years.
