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The Flute and the Arrow ( En djungelsaga ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Sweden ]

The Flute and the Arrow ( En djungelsaga ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Sweden ] (DVD) newly tagged "riga"

2011-10-03
The Flute and the Arrow ( En djungelsaga ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Sweden ] (DVD)By Chendru 2 used and new from $27.99 First tagged "riga" by DaaVeeDee, Inc "DaaVeeDee" Customer tags: classic films, kids and family, riga, ginjo, films from scandinavia iceland, arthouse, foreign movies, chendru, documentaries, en djungelsaga, cannes film festival, arne sucksdorff
Kvetch: One Bitch of a Life

Kvetch: One Bitch of a Life (Kindle Edition) newly tagged "riga"

2011-09-04
Kvetch: One Bitch of a Life (Kindle Edition)By Greta Beigel Buy new: $8.99 Customer Rating: First tagged "riga" by G. Beigel Customer tags: south africa(31), journalism(31), child prodigy(26), jewish memoirs(26), jewish food(26), apartheid(25), hawaii(25), kaddish(25), music(23), child abuse(21), pianists(9), jewish memoir(8)
A Jew from Riga

A Jew from Riga (Kindle Edition) newly tagged "riga"

2011-05-15
A Jew from Riga (Kindle Edition)By Greta Beigel Buy new: $2.99 Customer Rating: First tagged "riga" by G. Beigel Customer tags: jewish heritage(43), latvia(42), travel(42), fathers day(41), fatherhood(41), fathers daughters(34), riga(34), south african jews(32), lativa(28), jewish memoir(19), pianists(13), journalism(13)
A History of the Baltic States (Palgrave Essential Histories)

A History of the Baltic States (Palgrave Essential Histories) (Paperback) newly tagged "riga"

2011-05-09
A History of the Baltic States (Palgrave Essential Histories) (Paperback)By Andres Kasekamp Buy new: $23.8038 used and new from $20.95 Customer Rating: First tagged "riga" by Stu Customer tags: latvia(2), baltic(2), russia, austria, riga, germany, holy roman empire, prussia, estonia, sweden, kaunas
The Saladin Affair: A Robbie Cutler Diplomatic Mystery

The Saladin Affair: A Robbie Cutler Diplomatic Mystery (Paperback) newly tagged "riga"

2011-04-02
The Saladin Affair: A Robbie Cutler Diplomatic Mystery (Paperback)By William S. Shepard Buy new: $20.9523 used and new from $8.97 First tagged "riga" by William S. Shepard "mystery writer" Customer tags: dublin(7), secretary of state(7), al qaeda(7), thriller(7), diplomacy(7), air force two(3), robbie cutler(3), riga, moscow
The Yellow Line: Before the Holocaust

The Yellow Line: Before the Holocaust (Paperback) newly tagged "riga"

2011-03-22
The Yellow Line: Before the Holocaust (Paperback)By Paul Barlin Buy new: $17.9513 used and new from $0.89 First tagged "riga" by Cheryl T. Armstrong Customer tags: holy host, anti-semitism, jews, riga, pogroms, jewish life, growing up jewish, jewish history, novgorod ghetto, jewish ghetto, novgorod
Midsummer Madness

Midsummer Madness (DVD) newly tagged "riga"

2011-03-15
Midsummer Madness (DVD)By Maria De Medeiros Buy new: $16.5837 used and new from $1.80 Customer Rating: First tagged "riga" by Hugo Bozz Customer tags: latvian, midsummer, latvija, latvia, romanticism, riga, baltic, comedy, st john s night
Baltic States Travel Map (Globetrotter Travel Map)

Baltic States Travel Map (Globetrotter Travel Map) (Map) newly tagged "riga"

2010-11-24
Baltic States Travel Map (Globetrotter Travel Map) (Map)By Globetrotter Buy new: $8.9527 used and new from $4.51 First tagged "riga" by Stu Customer tags: latvia(2), map of baltic sates, baltic states, riga, baltic republics, baltic, tallinn, estonia, baltics, kaunas
Billion Dollar Brain

Billion Dollar Brain (Paperback) newly tagged "riga"

2010-04-11
Billion Dollar Brain (Paperback)By Len Deighton 15 used and new from $0.01 Customer Rating: First tagged "riga" by P. A. Doornbos Customer tags: leningrad, spy stories, latvia, riga, capability of super mainframes, brit spy thriller, san antonio, cold war, len deighton, helsinki, world war ii, linked super computers
The reign of Duke James in Courland, 1638-1682

The reign of Duke James in Courland, 1638-1682 (Hardcover) newly tagged "riga"

2010-01-06
The reign of Duke James in Courland, 1638-1682 (Hardcover)By Alexander Valdonis Berkis 8 used and new from $15.69 Customer Rating: First tagged "riga" by B. Trusinsky "Astro-German-Latvian-Genealogy Guru" Customer tags: tobago, baltic history, latvia, duke james, alexander valdonis berkis, riga, mitau, gambia, kurland, courland, kurzeme
The Formation of the Baltic States: A Study of the Effects of Great Power Politics Upon the Emergence of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (Harvard Historical Monographs #39)

The Formation of the Baltic States: A Study of the Effects of Great Power Politics Upon the Emergence of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (Harvard Historical Monographs #39) (Hardcover) newly tagged "riga"

2009-09-24
The Formation of the Baltic States: A Study of the Effects of Great Power Politics Upon the Emergence of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (Harvard Historical Monographs #39) (Hardcover)By Stanley W. Page 2 used and new from $40.00 First tagged "riga" by RH Customer tags: politics(6), russia, nationalism, latvia, lithuania, baltic states, riga, baltic, estonia, soviet union
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Paperback) newly tagged "riga"

2009-06-20
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Paperback)By Jonathan Bousfield 29 used and new from $4.89 Customer Rating: First tagged "riga" by Tracey A. Williams "Globe Trotter" Customer tags: eyewitness travel guides(5), latvia(3), lithuania(2), baltic(2), estonia(2), dk publishing, riga, hanseatic league, eyewitness guides, tallinn, unesco world heritage site, eastern europe travel

Place in Riga (Latvia) geteroseksualistov parade

2012-05-18
It is expected that the procession lasts about five minutes.

Riga police reports: Burglaries on Buffalo Road, Ridgefield Drive

2012-05-18
Here are some recent items from police reports in Riga.

Frosh Riga leads way in Blazer soccer win

2012-05-07
Sam Riga proved to be more than a capable sub Saturday afternoon for the No. 2-ranked Livonia Ladywood soccer team.

Newborn left in baby box in Riga

2012-05-02
RIGA - Another baby was left at the Children's Clinical University Hospital's baby box at around 11:30 p.m. on April 30, LETA learned from the hospital's representative Romena Namniece. This was already the 12th infant left at the hospital since the baby box system was introduced in the hospital.

Government supports VAT and income tax reductions

2012-05-16
RIGA – On May 15, the government agreed that the value added tax (VAT) rate would be reduced from the current 22 percent to 21 percentstarting July 1 this year, whereas personal income tax will be reduced by 5percent in the next three years, from the current 25 to 20 percent.

Saeima approves reducing VAT and personal income tax rates in the first reading

2012-05-17
RIGA - On May 17, Saeima almost unanimously approved a bill reducing the value added tax and the personal income tax in the first reading. The bill is yet to be reviewed in the second reading, most probably on May 24.

Teachers ready for June protests

2012-05-16
RIGA - Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis (Unity) hopes that the situation with teachers, who have threatened to strike, will be solved, reports LETA. “At the moment, the Education and Science Ministry is in talks with the teachers’ labor union, and I myself will also be involved in the discussion.

Hometown poetics

2012-05-16
RIGA - Egons Spuris is truly a legendary person in the Latvian photography world. His work, from the series “Riga’s Proletariat Regions of the 19th - beginning of the 20th Century” was the only photographic work included into the Latvian cultural canon back in 2009.

The head of the Defense Ministry of CHINA thanked the President of Latvia for admission and promised greater cooperation

2012-05-14
Today, 14 may, Riga Castle was held by the President of Latvia Andris Everyone with the Minister of defence of the people’s Republic of China, General Algorithm Guanliem and the accompanying delegation.

Top officials commemorate people killed during WWII

2012-05-08
RIGA - Today, Latvia's highest officials commemorated those killed during World War II at the Brethren Cemetery in Riga. Approximately 200 people participated in today's ceremony, including officials, diplomats and representatives from Latvia's armed forces.