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…
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,…
When Ilvars Kirmuška left Latvia, he did not intend to stay abroad for long. He wanted a change, new experiences and an opportunity to see what life was like elsewhere. He took a gap year from his…
People with diverse experiences, knowledge and ideas gained while living and working abroad are returning to Latvia. One of them is entrepreneur and craftsman Jānis Zelčs, who, after living in…
This is how Vineta Zālīte, a returnee to the Riga Planning Region, describes her decision to return to Latvia. In 2025, she received €11,358.18 in state and municipal support to start a business and…
Lauma Grīva is from Ventspils, an Olympian, a finalist at World and European Championships, a multiple Latvian long jump champion, a coach, a mother of three, and one of the co-founders of the…
Vilis Sīmanis was born and raised in Chicago, but Latvia has never been just a distant place on the other side of the ocean for his family. The Latvian language, culture and regular trips to Latvia…
Returning home is sometimes not only about returning to the place where you were born. It can also become an opportunity to rediscover yourself, your values and what truly brings joy in life. This…
