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Ingars Matisons
Ingars is a Latvian masculine give name. Notable people named Ingars *Ingars Dude Ingars Dude (born 1 January 1987) is a Latvian handball player for Limoges Hand 87 and the Latvian national team. He represented Latvia at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the ... (born 1987), Latvian handball player *Ingars Stuglis (born 1996), Latvian footballer *:lv:Ingars Viļums, Ingars Viļums (born 1977 ), rock musician and bass player (Brainstorm (Latvian band), Brainstorm) References Latvian masculine given names {{given-name-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the Baltic states; and is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9 million. The country has a temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts; and speak Latvian, one of the only two surviving Baltic languages. Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population. After centuries of Teutonic, Swedish, Polish-Lithuanian and Russian rule, which was mainly executed by the local Baltic German aristocracy, the independent R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Language
Latvian ( ), also known as Lettish, is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken in the Baltic region. It is the language of Latvians and the official language of Latvia as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 1.3 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and 100,000 abroad. Altogether, 2 million, or 80% of the population of Latvia, speak Latvian. Of those, around 1.16 million or 62% of Latvia's population use it as their primary language at home, however excluding the Latgale Region it is spoken as a native language in villages and towns by over 90% of the population. As a Baltic language, Latvian is most closely related to neighboring Lithuanian (as well as Old Prussian, an extinct Baltic language); however Latvian has followed a more rapid development. In addition, there is some disagreement whether Latgalian and Kursenieki, which are mutually intelligible with Latvian, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingars Dude
Ingars Dude (born 1 January 1987) is a Latvian handball player for Limoges Hand 87 and the Latvian national team. He represented Latvia at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament and the first to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted for the first time in three countries – Austria, Norway and Sweden – from 9 to 26 January 20 .... References 1987 births Living people Latvian male handball players Expatriate handball players Latvian expatriate sportspeople in France Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Latvia-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingars Stuglis
Ingars Sarmis Stuglis (born 12 February 1996) is a Latvian international footballer who plays for Grobiņas SC, as a midfielder. Career Born in Aizkraukle, he has played club football for Skonto FC, FS METTA/Latvijas Universitāte and FK Spartaks Jūrmala. He made his international debut for Latvia in 2018, coming on as a substitute against South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed .... References 1996 births Living people Latvian men's footballers Latvia men's international footballers Skonto FC players FK Metta players FK Spartaks Jūrmala players FK Ventspils players FK Liepāja players Latvian Higher League players Men's association football midfielders Hammerfest FK players Latvian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brainstorm (Latvian Band)
Prāta Vētra, known internationally as Brainstorm, is a Latvian pop/rock band. The band became popular internationally in 2000 when they finished third in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song " My Star". History BrainStorm formation and first years (1989–1996) The band was formed in the summer of 1989 in Jelgava, Latvia by four former classmates – Renārs Kaupers, Jānis Jubalts, Gundars Mauševics and Kaspars Roga. Soon after, their classmate Māris Mihelsons also joined the band. In September 1992 Brainstorm released their first single "Jo tu nāc" (Because You Come) and finished 9th in the Latvian popular music contest, the "Microphones" poll. After this came their first album, ''Vairāk nekā skaļi'' (More than Loud) 1993. The main single from that album is "Ziema" (Winter), which also has a video. 1994 was the quietest period in the band's history, although in that year they released the maxi-single Vietu nav (No vacancies) with only 500 copies. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
