City Life
Liepāja Hospital Beats Riga: 55 New Liepāja Residents Born in May, Daugavpils Still Counting
While Riga debates demographics, Liepāja hospital quietly manufactures new city residents. 55 babies in May, each with a bunny in hand.
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University of Liepāja Prepares for Grand Celebration: 300 Students Will Finally Receive Diplomas and Can Say They Studied at a Real University
RTU Liepāja Academy will graduate almost 300 students this summer, which is more than Riga graduates once a year from home economics courses. The ceremony will require two days, since everything can't be accomplished during one tram ride.
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Business
Liepāja Offices Discover Revolutionary Device: Water Cooler Replaces Coffee Machine as Main Gossip Hub
While Riga is still thinking about ergonomics, Liepāja discovers that a water cooler can become a social center that surpasses even the tranquility of Durbe.
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City Life
Liepāja Residents Choose Doors Like Windshields: Main Thing is They Survive the Local Climate
While Riga thinks about door aesthetics, our folks prioritize whether the doors will still be attached to the door frame after the first winter.
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Culture
Imants Kalniņš celebrates 85: wants lily-of-the-valley, but will receive Liepāja Metalurgs home game attendance numbers
While Riga composers celebrate jubilees with champagne and orchids, our genius wants only lily-of-the-valley. That's as Liepāja-like as going to a hockey game on a windy May evening.
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City Life
RSU chooses Liepāja: medics will study directly in hospital, not like in Riga — just theory
While Riga students are still trying to figure out where real patients are located, in Liepāja they'll study directly in the hospital. A 15-year contract — longer than any politician's promise.
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Culture
Liepāja Residents Discover Mediterranean in 'Great Amber': Six Courses and Nobody Froze
While Riga is still searching for restaurants with heated bathrooms, Liepāja is already preparing Mediterranean dinners with wines that cost more than monthly utility bills.
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Culture
Līva Village Festival: 240 Craftsmen Try to Sell Wool Socks to People Who Only Have Two Euros
The XXII Līva Village Festival promises to be bigger than Eurovision — if Eurovision featured yarn spinning and the jury judged knitting. While Riga wonders what to do on weekends, 240 masters in Liepāja prepare to prove that homemade crafts are the future.
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Transport
Līva Village Festival: Liepāja Closes Half the City to Prove We Can Party Even Bigger Than Riga
Next weekend Liepāja will have more road closures than Riga during construction season. But we have a reason - we're going to make 7,000 people dance.
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City Life
Liepāja firefighters to go on motorcycle ride: the only profession where you can simultaneously put out fires and show off on Pētera Street
On Sunday, Liepāja firefighters are organizing their traditional motorcycle ride, and this time a record number of participants is planned. While Riga is still pondering whether a motorcycle is a vehicle or a toy, our guys have been proving for the fifth year that professionals can be stylish.
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City Life
Liepāja Doctor in Sweden Proves: Our Patient Diagnoses Are as Complex as Hockey Rules
While Riga medics are still trying to remember Latin, Liepāja otolaryngologist Marta Lapiņa is already representing Latvia at a European congress with a case more complex than an ice rink's ventilation system.
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Culture
Rainis High School Receives European Recognition Again: This Time for Digital Skills, Not Rock Music Teaching
While Riga schools are still learning how to turn on computers, Liepaja's Rainis High School receives eTwinning status for the fourth time. Baiba Suseja personally came to thank them for being able to use the internet.
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