Raivo Grablovskis was 11 years old when he moved to Turin, Italy. His mother was already working there, and Raivo began attending school. He learned Italian within two to three months; his teachers…
Five years in Norway, working in various restaurants, gaining new professional skills and meeting his life partner. For chef Juris Latišenoks, living abroad became a valuable experience that helped…
On 24 and 25 October, sporting and creative events under the title “Olympic Quantum” took place in the Barcelona and Alicante areas of Spain, bringing together Latvian diaspora families, children…
In the first nine months of 2026, 56 families, comprising 185 people, returned to Kurzeme after living abroad. During the same period, a further 65 families, comprising 189 people, expressed an…
On 14 October 2026, a professional development seminar for librarians from across Talsi Municipality took place at Talsi Main Library. Agnese Berģe, Regional Return Migration Coordinator at the…
To foster mutual support and a sense of belonging to Latgale, the Latgale Planning Region invites remigrants and Latvians living abroad to an in-person networking event in Ludza on 31 October. This…
On 24 and 25 October, workshops organised as part of the “Olympic Quantum” project will take place in Alicante and Barcelona, combining sport, the Latvian language and a sense of belonging to Latvia…
There are places we discover by chance, and there are places we seem destined to return to. For knitwear designer Inese Īris Liepiņa, Piebalga is one of those places. Although she was born and spent…
Anita Rutule is a young entrepreneur from Bērzgale who, after spending ten years in the United Kingdom, returned to the countryside of Latgale and dared to embark on an important, yet far from easy,…
The Latgale Planning Region (LPR), in cooperation with Ludza Municipality, has realised a large-scale mural on a residential building at 1 Kuļņeva Street in Ludza. The mural symbolically portrays…
