Keeping Alive an Extinct Language: the Finno-Ugric Tongue of Latvia's Remote Fishing Villages
The north-west corner of Latvia, the so-called Livonian coast, is the home of a nation struggling to survive.Continue Reading →
Two Years of Tracking Down Imaginary Latvians
"Imaginary Latvians always seem to make “cameo appearances,” popping up when you least expect it."Continue Reading →
Europe's Dark Side of the Moon – Life in '80s Riga
"When I was a young woman, I ventured from America to my ancestral homeland, Latvia, hoping to recognize the country my grandparents and the exile Latvian community had described to…Continue Reading →
Didzis Melbiksis: Sticking Up for Refugees in the Baltics
Latvian Didzis Melbiksis is the UNHCR Association Communication Officer for Northern Europe, responsible for managing the UN's communication with the media and public in the region.Continue Reading →
"Maq Sinnu Sali": the South Estonian Dialect Spoken in Deepest Latvia
These words, which mean “I love you” were spoken in the Lutsi language by the last person to still have appreciable knowledge of it, Antonīna NikonovaContinue Reading →