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The news website IR from Latvia features a variety of stories focusing on domestic issues including education, local governance, cultural heritage, and personal interest pieces. International news is present with a story on Ukraine's new commander. The site also includes opinion pieces and…
Over 800 young people failed to graduate basic school this year because they could not pass the required 15% threshold for exams, averaging one per class, with reasons potentially stemming from both school and family.
A story by Pauls Raudseps, with no further details provided in the visible text.
An interview with Nobel Prize laureate Morten Meldal, conducted by Mārtiņš Galenieks.
This story explores the reactions to Latvia's municipal reform five years later, with some local government leaders expressing shame and others seeing progress.
After 30 years of decay and numerous ownership changes, the unique Kaucminde Palace shows a ray of hope as new owners are committed to its restoration.
At the age of 80, Holocaust historian Margers Vestermanis began writing a book about Jewish rescuers in Latvia, completing it just in time for his 100th birthday.
Years ago, Ilze and Kristaps Čabļi cleared a neglected country house in the Ērgļi region, created a character named Baron Bumbieris, and designed a place without electricity but with hundreds of candles and a wood-burning stove, offering an escape from everyday life.
The new Commander of the Armed Forces, Mykhailo Drapatyi (43), has repeatedly shown how highly he values the lives of Ukrainian soldiers, but can he reform the entire army?
A story featuring young handball talent Valdis Kalniņš.
After leaving the New Riga Theatre and traveling the world, actor Matiss Ozols (26) has returned to Latvia to share his story about a quarter-life crisis.
Horticulturist, dendrologist, and agronomist Inta Skujeniece turns 90 this week. In the cultural sphere, she is known as the wife of poet Knuts S...
