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Rīgas Balss
''Rīgas Balss'' () was a tabloid newspaper published in Riga, Latvia Riga ( ) is the capital, primate, and largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga metropolitan area, which stretches beyond the city lim ..., and published in both the Latvian and Russian languages. The Russian edition became ''Vechernyaya Riga'' in 2001 and ceased publication in 2004. The Latvian edition has turned into a magazine in 2008 and ceased publication in 2009. References External linksThe first issue of the Russian-language edition 1957 1957 establishments in the Soviet Union 2009 disestablishments in Latvia Latvian-language newspapers Defunct newspapers published in Latvia Defunct daily newspapers Russian-language newspapers published in Latvia Mass media in Riga Newspapers established in 1957 Magazines disestablished in 2009 1957 establishments in Latvia Newspapers published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Language
Latvian (, ), also known as Lettish, is an East Baltic languages, East Baltic language belonging to the Indo-European language family. It is spoken in the Baltic region, and is the language of the Latvians. It is the official language of Latvia as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 1.5 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and 100,000 abroad. Altogether, 2 million, or 80% of the population of Latvia, spoke Latvian in the 2000s, before the total number of inhabitants of Latvia slipped to 1.8 million in 2022. Of those, around 1.16 million or 62% of Latvia's population used it as their primary language at home, though excluding the Latgale Planning Region, Latgale and Riga Planning Region, Riga regions it is spoken as a native language in villages and towns by over 90% of the population. As a Baltic languages, Baltic language, Latvian is most closely related to neighboring Lithuanian language, Lithuanian (as well as Old Prussian language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
