Latvia Weekly

What was feared to be a COVID-19 spike here in Latvia seems to have been more of a bump or a blip, with reported daily cases back down to the low single digits after a worrisome few days of double dig...

15 Heinä 202059min

Join Otto and Joe as they discuss the potential implications of a planned merger between Latvia's smaller universities in Jelgava, Daugavpils, and Liepāja, as well as other important stories from thro...

7 Heinä 20201h 2min

With vacationing on the mind of many, Otto and Joe offer seven great places to visit here in Latvia this summer before discussing seasonal stories such as heat records, poisonous snakes, ferry travel,...

29 Kesä 202043min

Joe is back with Otto just in time for the midsummer festival of Līgo/Jāņi and to discuss the dangers of traveling within and outside of Rīga, with more sinkholes opening throughout the city and the y...

22 Kesä 20201h 11min

After years of discussion, the map has officially been redrawn with 41 municipalities. Otto, Olevs, and Kārlis discuss the implications of this decision as well as the lifting of the emergency situati...

14 Kesä 20201h 10min

As Latvia warms up for the summer, so does the push towards municipal and tax reforms. Kārlis, Olevs, and Otto discuss these issues along with protests in Rīga, more public transit issues, the latests...

5 Kesä 20201h 5min

With Joe still on paternity leave following the birth of his new daughter, Otto and Kārlis discuss the planned end to Latvia's state of emergency in early June and other major news stories from the la...

29 Touko 202055min

Joe sits down with his fellow American-born colleagues Daira, Monika, Lauren, and Ingrida, who also taught English lessons as part of the Tava Klase educational TV channel during the COVID-19 crisis. ...

22 Touko 202050min