Latvian state language agency head denounces academic to Security Police
The following blog entry has been republished here courtesy of Free Speech Emergency in Latvia. Based on media published excerpts of an interview by Sergejs Kruks, an academic researcher, the head of...
View ArticleLatvian Mobile Telephone to launch 4G demo on June 7
The following blog entry has been republished here courtesy of Telecoms in Latvia. Latvian Mobile Telephone (LMT) will launch a demonstration of 4G mobile technology on June 7, according to an...
View ArticlePink power
The following blog entry has been republished here courtesy of Baltic Features. Usually I rather begrudge working Saturdays, but not today. I admit I am not one of those journalists who are themselves...
View ArticleRiga hotel removes “Gay Pride” photos during gay-related conference
The following blog entry has been republished here courtesy of Failed State Latvia? The management of the Hotel Alberts in Riga ordered the removal from a bar area to elsewhere of a photo exhibit of...
View ArticleSwastikas on Lithuanian dairy products in Russia
The following blog entry has been republished here courtesy of With a Grain of Druska. This is a translation of an article that I found on Delfi.lt. The article can be found here. I’ve edited things a...
View ArticleLatvia: Moving toward a “police state lite?”
The following blog entry has been republished here courtesy of Free Speech Emergency in Latvia. I’m putting some pieces together, maybe too few, maybe not enough, but it is looking more and more like...
View ArticleAccumulate aiming for the Baltic market?
The following blog entry has been republished here courtesy of Telecoms in Latvia. The Swedish-based secure mobile payments company Accumulate is looking to the Baltic market, says CEO Stefan Hultberg....
View ArticleLatvia puts anti-repression protest organizer on trial
The following blog entry has been republished here courtesy of Free Speech Emergency in Latvia. CORRECTION: It seems Janis Kuzins organized a second protest on May 13 near the Latvian Prosecutor’s...
View ArticleMine eyes have seen the glory
The following blog entry has been republished here courtesy of Baltic Features. As every sub-editor knows, a fresh pair of eyes makes all the difference. Many are the times that I’ve written,...
View ArticleDid Sweden’s Bonnier Group inadvertently pump cash into Latvian political...
The following blog entry has been republished here courtesy of Free Speech Emergency in Latvia. I have written this as a “dream” on my Latvian language blog, but in fact it is credible version of what...
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