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Baiba Rivža
is a feminine Latvian given name. The associated name day is December 4. Notable people with the name include: * (born 1991), Latvian biathlete * (1931–2021), Latvian-American poet * (born 1966), Latvian politician and diplomat * (born 1973), Latvian actress * (born 1975), Latvian lawyer and politician * Baiba Caune Baiba Caune-Morzika (née Baiba Ābere; 12 August 1945 – 7 February 2014) was a Latvian track and road racing cyclist. She won the silver medal at the UCI Road World Championships in the women's road race in 1968 and 1974 representing USSR. S ... (1945–2014), Latvian track and road racing cyclist * (born 1989), Latvian basketball player * (1932–2024), Latvian actress * (born 1981), Latvian classical violinist References {{given name, page=y Feminine given names Latvian feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
December 4
Events Pre-1600 * 771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne as sole king of the Frankish Kingdom. * 963 – The lay papal protonotary is elected pope and takes the name Leo VIII, being consecrated on 6 December after ordination. * 1110 – An army led by Baldwin I of Jerusalem and Sigurd the Crusader of Norway captures Sidon at the end of the First Crusade. * 1259 – Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels. * 1563 – The final session of the Council of Trent is held nearly 18 years after the body held its first session on December 13, 1545. 1601–1900 * 1619 – Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to the southeast, and shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9million. The country has a Temperate climate, temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city is Riga. Latvians, who are the titular nation and comprise 65.5% of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of the Balts and speak Latvian language, Latvian. Russians in Latvia, Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population; 37.7% of the population speak Russian language, Russian as their native tongue. After centuries of State of the Teutonic Order, Teutonic, Swedish Livonia, Swedish, Inflanty Voi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara (given Name)
Barbara is a given name used in numerous languages. It is the feminine form of the Greek word ''barbaros'' () meaning "stranger" or "foreign". In Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox tradition, Saint Barbara (Greek language, Greek: Ἁγία Βαρβάρα) was imprisoned in a tower by her father. She was then martyred by her father when she refused to renounce Christianity. According to legend, her father was then punished with death by lightning. As such, Saint Barbara is a protectress against fire and lightning. Early Christians occasionally referred to themselves as "barbarians" in opposition to the pagan Romans and Greeks. The story of Saint Barbara is said to have been an inspiration for the fairy tale Rapunzel and other European stories that feature a maiden in a tower. Today, the name Barbara or its variants are commonly given to female babies born in such countries as Chile, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia (country), Georgia, Hungary, Poland, Slovaki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baiba Bendika
Baiba Bendika (born 27 June 1991) is a Latvian biathlete. She made her Biathlon World Cup debut in 2011. During the 2015–16 World Cup season, she reached her career first Top 10, finishing fifth at the 7.5 km spring in Canmore. This was the first time she gained World Cup points. Already next week in Presque Isle, she finished 15th at the 7.5 km sprint and 13th at the 10 km pursuit. She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in the biathlon women's sprint, and women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay. Baiba Bendika and Andrejs Rastorgujevs used nine spare rounds and the usual whirlwind dynamics accompanying the fiercest competition in the BMW IBU World Cup placed in Nové Město na Moravě, clinching third place in the single mixed relays and a first-ever relay podium for Latvia. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union The International Biathlon Union (IBU; ) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its headquarters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baiba Bičole
Baiba E. Bičole (May 1931 – December 24, 2021) was a Latvian-born American poet. Biography Baiba E. Bičole was born in Riga in May 1931, to Semigallian parents who were both literary critics - her father was a literary historian and her mother a poet and essayist. Her family fled the 1944 Soviet invasion of Latvia and emigrated to the US in 1950. Bičole became part of the " Hell's Kitchen artists" school of Latvian exile poets, centered around the New York City area. Her first volume of poetry, ''Atrita,'' was published in 1966 and won the fourth biennial Zinaīda Lazda Prize for Poetry in 1967. Her other collections include ''Ceļos ''(1969), ''Burot'' ("To Cast Spells", 1976), ''Grie'os'' ("I Turn", 1981), and ''Atgriežos'' ("I Return", 1991). She also served as associate editor of the Latvian language New York newspaper '' Laiks'' ("Time"). Bičole married the Latvian artist Ilmārs Rumpēters and they had three children, Arvils, Artis, and Rita. Arvils Rumpē ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baiba Braže
Baiba Braže (born 4 December 1966) is a Latvian politician and diplomat who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (Latvia), Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2024. She previously served as the NATO, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy from 2020 to 2023. A member of New Unity, Braže has held various positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Latvia), Ministry of Foreign Affairs in her diplomatic career between 1993 and 2024. Born in Riga, Braže studied at the University of Latvia where she earned a master's degree in law and another master's degree in communication science. She also studied in Salzburg in Austria, as well as at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and the Åbo Akademi University in Finland. She began her career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 and served as the Permanent representative, Permanent Representative of Latvia to the United Nations from 1996 to 1998. Braže then worked as a Foreign Affairs adviser to Prime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baiba Broka (actress)
Baiba Broka (born 7 January 1973) is a Latvian stage, television and film actress. Career Born in Riga, Latvia, Broka began her film career in the 1992 Dzidra Ritenberga-directed drama ''Valsis mūža garumā'' ( English release title: ''Waltzing Through Love''), for which she won the Lielais Kristaps award, Latvia's highest prize awarded in cinema. Broka has also had high-profile roles in the 2004 Varis Brasla-directed comedy '' Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat'', where she plays the lovestruck aunt Una who is forced to look after her two young nieces Marta and Linda. The film won several awards, including the Children's Jury Prizes: Live-Action Feature Film or Video Certificate of Excellence from the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA and the Lielais Kristaps award for Feature Film and Best Screenplay. Baiba Broka is possibly best known internationally for her role as Brigita, in the 1999 Latvian-Swedish co-production of the romantic drama film '' Svar med foto' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baiba Broka (politician)
Baiba Broka (born 2 October 1975 in Madona, Latvia) is a Latvian lawyer, academic, former politician, former Minister of Justice of Latvia from the National Alliance. Broka has an academic career since 1998 in The University of Latvia Faculty of Law teaching Law of Obligations, Consumer Law and Legal Writing. She has been a visiting lecturer in Tulane University (USA, Summer School), Concordia University of Estonia, The Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark (Portland, OR, USA), Federal University of Mato Grosso (Brazil), Federal University Flumeinense (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Together with Professor Steven Johansen from The Northwestern School of Law of Lewsi&Clark she wrote a book "Legal Writing". In 2009 she was a Chairman of the Supervisory Council of the Riga International Airport and later became a member of the Board of Latvian Air Navigation Service Provider SJSC "Latvijas gaisa satiksme". In 2012 Broka was nominated a candidate for the office of mayor of Rig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baiba Caune
Baiba Caune-Morzika (née Baiba Ābere; 12 August 1945 – 7 February 2014) was a Latvian track and road racing cyclist. She won the silver medal at the UCI Road World Championships in the women's road race in 1968 and 1974 representing USSR. She was a member of the sports club Marss, winning 55 Latvian national championships and two USSR championships. Early life Caune was born Baiba Ābere on 12 August 1945, in Stāmeriena parish, Latvia. During the Soviet mass deportation in 1949, Caune and her mother were deported to Parabelsky District in Tomsk Oblast, Russia, and returned back to Latvia in 1955. She began cycling in the Irlava Secondary School. Soon she became a winner of numerous area school competitions, and received 4th Place at the Latvian SSR Spartakiad of Students. Cycling career In 1961 Caune began her early training as a cyclist at Tukums Sports School, under the direction of coach Uldis Mauriņš, and later she was trained by Ilmārs Janovs at Riga Central Cycl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baiba Eglīte
Baiba Eglīte (born 9 January 1989) is a Latvian basketball player for TTT Rīga and the Latvian national team. She participated at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup The 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 18th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain from 22 to 30 September 2018. This was the first edition to .... University of Texas at El Paso statistics Source References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eglite, Baiba 1989 births Living people Guards (basketball) Latvian expatriate basketball people in the United States Latvian expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic Latvian women's basketball players 21st-century Latvian sportswomen Basketball players from Riga UTEP Miners women's basketball players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baiba Indriksone
Baiba Indriksone (22 February 1932 – 14 May 2024) was a Latvian film and stage actress, affiliated with the Latvian National Theatre. Life and career Indriksone was born in Riga on 22 February 1932. She graduated from the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, Latvian State Conservatory, theatre class, in 1952. Her first role was that of Abelīte in the film (1949). Her last role on a grand stage was in Henrik Ibsen's ''Peer Gynt'' directed by Viestur Kairish in 2016. Indriksone was the widow of film director Aleksandrs Leimanis. She died on 14 May 2024, at the age of 92. Awards *1956: Medal "For Distinguished Labour" *2007: Officer of the Order of the Three Stars *2011: A. Amtmanis-Briedīša award for her work in performing arts References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Indriksone, Baiba 1932 births 2024 deaths 20th-century Latvian actresses Latvian film actresses Latvian stage actresses Latvian Academy of Music alumni Actresses from Riga 21st-century Latvian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baiba Skride
Baiba Skride (born 19 February 1981) is a Latvian classical violinist. She was the winner of the Queen Elisabeth Violin Contest in 2001. Background and studies Baiba Skride comes from a very musical Latvian family: her love of music comes from her grandmother who taught her and her two sisters to sing. Her father was a famous choral conductor, and her mother plays the piano. Her sister Lauma Skride, one year younger, also plays the piano, while her two-year-older sister Linda plays the viola. In Latvia, as a three-year-old she attended a music school. At the age of four, she was already playing the violin, and just before the age of five she gave her first concert. Later, she attended a special school for musical talents in Riga. From 1995 she studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock, Conservatory of Music and Theatre in Rostock with Petru Munteanu. For a long time she commuted between the special school in Riga and the college in Rostock. She has taken masterclas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
