“The festival begins where time is always in motion: Riga Central Station. Between arrivals and departures, clock-time can suddenly turn into presence – listening as a way of meeting”, – says Krists ...

The blunt dismissal comes as a major shock from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, an organization that normally seeks to project an air of decorum, stability, and orderly succession.

Gilbert Avery, a Hancock tractor dealer, leads an effort to place 100 Latvian homeless family in Berkshire County.

Andris Nelsons is leaving as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra after the board decides not to renew him.

BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons. Photo courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Lenox — Andris Nelsons will step down as ...

RIGA - Paula Dukure, known as a singer, has been found dead. The State Police has opened criminal proceedings and is investigating the cause of the death, but the information currently available to ...

EU leaders are not prepared to set a specific date for Ukraine’s accession to the bloc, Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs said at the Munich Security Conference, Suspilne reported. At the same time, ...

Silvija Kaulins (Dzelme) passed away peacefully on January 27, 2026, at her home in Canada. She was born to Latvian parents in a displaced persons camp in Esslingen, Germany, in 1946. She and her ...

On December 31st Latvian Radio 4 (LR4), one of the Baltic country’s main public radio channels, bid farewell to its listeners after nearly 25 years. It went silent not for lack of demand or because of ...

Saucējas are tremendously powerful. Experiencing them at Riga Music Week’s outdoor Folk Stage in Latvia’s repeatedly rain-sodden capital is akin to being blasted by a full-force leaf blower. Next up ...

RIGA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Latvia’s parliament voted on Thursday to quit an international treaty aimed at combating violence against women, after a conservative partner in the ruling coalition broke ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Latvian Parliament voted Thursday to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a treaty aimed at supporting women who are victims of violence, after a 13-hour session of intense ...