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Latvia's vocational education institutions are shrinking as slowly as the line for the Holy Trinity Cathedral organ
City Life

Latvia's vocational education institutions are shrinking as slowly as the line for the Holy Trinity Cathedral organ

While the state tries to explain that going from 55 to 53 institutions is a 'stable' number, Liepāja still proudly boasts two quality schools.

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Zoom seminar will teach how to grow potatoes without pesticides, but with science
Business

Zoom seminar will teach how to grow potatoes without pesticides, but with science

While Riga ponders how gardens can be sustainable, in Liepāja we've known for years — if it can grow by the sea, it can grow anywhere.

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Riga Deputies Outperform Liepāja Ice Hall in Attendance Numbers
Politics

Riga Deputies Outperform Liepāja Ice Hall in Attendance Numbers

While Liepāja's ice hall has lines for every game, Riga City Council struggles with the opposite problem — deputies avoid their seats like vampires avoid a garlic market.

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DVI reveals: Smart glasses can photograph, but can't make their users smart
Curiosities

DVI reveals: Smart glasses can photograph, but can't make their users smart

While Riga hipsters need to learn how not to film strangers with smart glasses, in Liepāja we continue using the time-tested method — simply looking with our eyes.

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Latvian rivers show how to properly organize floods — without dramatic gestures and with Karosta canal experience
Weather

Latvian rivers show how to properly organize floods — without dramatic gestures and with Karosta canal experience

While water levels across Latvia rise and fall according to science, in Liepāja we've been proudly boasting about our canal experience for decades.

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Liepāja Men Discover: You Can Buy Love for the Price of Tulips on March 8th
Culture

Liepāja Men Discover: You Can Buy Love for the Price of Tulips on March 8th

While men in Riga spend a month planning their March 8th strategy, in Liepāja a Saturday morning expedition to the nearest flower stand suffices.

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Ministry of Welfare reveals revolutionary discovery: psychiatrists not needed if you stay home
City Life

Ministry of Welfare reveals revolutionary discovery: psychiatrists not needed if you stay home

While Riga still thinks everyone needs a psychiatric evaluation even to drink coffee, the ministry has finally figured it out - sitting at home, nobody's crazy.

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Ventspils sells scrap metal like in Liepāja's Seaside Park — peacefully and without noise
Business

Ventspils sells scrap metal like in Liepāja's Seaside Park — peacefully and without noise

While Ventspils quietly auctions off its scrap metal for 3,370 euros, Liepāja port still proudly handles real cargo without all this iron circus.

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Zelensky Presents Numbers That Could Be Counted in an Hour at Liepāja Olympic Center
Politics

Zelensky Presents Numbers That Could Be Counted in an Hour at Liepāja Olympic Center

While Ukraine's president counts missiles and drones, Liepāja learns math much more efficiently.

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Riga Organizes Important Event Again— Liepāja's Holy Trinity Cathedral Offers Alternative
Culture

Riga Organizes Important Event Again— Liepāja's Holy Trinity Cathedral Offers Alternative

While the capital prepares to bid farewell to director Jānis Streičs, Liepāja has been offering the only true cultural experiences for years with sound that can be heard even in the courtyard.

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394 killed in Middle East conflict, Liepājas metalurgs only loses at hockey
Sports

394 killed in Middle East conflict, Liepājas metalurgs only loses at hockey

While casualties are being counted in Lebanon, Liepājas metalurgs has only lost a game against Zemgale 2:4, which concerns local fans much more.

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Israeli army discovers that precision strikes work better than Liepāja's organ
Politics

Israeli army discovers that precision strikes work better than Liepāja's organ

While hotels explode in Beirut, the largest organ in the Baltics peacefully plays in Holy Trinity Cathedral — both sounds can be heard from the courtyard.

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