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German soldiers advance through the sand dunes near Libau (today Liepāja in Latvia) on the Baltic coast. The Germans shelled the city on 2 August 1914 - the day after war was declared - and occupied the city on 7 May 1915 as a result of the Battle of Schaulen.
A good piece on learning Latvian & Lithuanian - with a selection of personal experiences.
Semi Finale of the Baltic Cup between Lithuania and Latvia.
Beautiful anti-Putin message from both sides! Slava Ukraini!
EU truly has the worst PR / Marketing department. They create miracles and so few understand / appreciate it. €80 billion were poured into the Baltics (EST, LV, LTU, around 5 mil. folk) over 20 years with strict spending rules to prevent corruption. The result -
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"Latvians used to tell me that Lithuanian “sounds Polish” due to lots of š sounds, Lithuanians think Latvian sounds like Lithuanian spoken with an Estonian accent"
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In his latest dispatch from Central and Eastern Europe's underground music, Jakub Knera turns his attention to Latvia, and finds a creative scene built around curiosity, experimentation, and collaboration rather than stylistic purity
Inner Ear: Latvian Music for June
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Lovely article about what it is like to learn the Baltic languages!
Lithuanian and Latvian are beautiful, challenging and extraordinarily interesting. Personally, I find vocabulary the most challenging aspect of these languages, with Latvian being slightly more accessible in this regard.
