Latvia Weekly

Merry Christmas from Latvia Weekly! Join regular host Joe Horgan and special guest hosts Mārtiņš Enģelis, editor of the "Capital R" blog and Nikita Andreev, lecturer at the University of Latvia Faculty of Theology, as they discuss the peculiarities of Christmas in Latvia and how traditions differ among the country's subcultures and from Christmas elsewhere in the world. Topics include grey peas, the Home Alone series, fortune telling, and a lot more! Cozy in by the fireplace and settle in for a festive discussion about holidays.

Otto Tabuns is back from his trip to America to help co-host Joe Horgan unravel an international web of bribery and corruption involving Rīga's public transit authority and firms in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Aside from our regular "This Week in Latvian History" and "Otto-correct" segments, other topics include a possible breakthrough in the government building talks, major happenings throughout Europe, and snow here in southern Latvia. It's finally beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

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Despite some technical difficulties and a few delays, Otto joins Joe from New York City as the two discuss major developments in the chaotic coalition building process as well as the week's top international and domestic stories that affected Latvia. Live from New York, it's Latvia Weekly!

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Join Otto and Joe for a very international edition of Latvia Weekly, as Otto calls in from Washington DC to discuss Aldis Gobzems' roller coaster week, major developments between Russia and Ukraine, a very somber event in Latvian history, our "Otto-correct" fact checking segment, and much more!

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Happy Thanksgiving all the way from here in Latvia! Join Otto and Joe as they discuss news stories that we can be thankful for as well as the ongoing political stalemate, Otto-correct, and this week in Latvian history.

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A very happy 100th birthday to the Republic of Latvia! Otto and Joe discuss the country's centenary as well as the ongoing search for the next prime minister, issues with taxis at Rīga's airport, darkness in Daugavpils, Otto's trip to America, and much more.

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Otto and Joe discuss the 11th of November and what it means in Latvia, as well as major political developments here and abroad, upgrades to the train infrastructure, the Livonian language and more! We have also added a "this week in history" segment in addition to our fact-checking "Otto-correct" portion.

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All aboard this week's episode of Latvia Weekly, recorded on location from the 2:33 PM Rīga-Jelgava electric train! Topics include the lack of a new prime minister, controversies with transportation in Rīga, confusion with Ot(t)o's, Joe' and Olaine's names, and much more. We have also added a new segment called Otto-correct which will fact check claims in the news every week from here on. Next stop: Lāčplēša diena!

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Major stories: The coalition discussions, trouble in Daugavpils, good news for the environment, and more!

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