Riga, January 18, 2022 – U.S. Ambassador John Carwile, Minister of Interior Marija Golubeva, Chair of Daugavpils City Council Andrejs Elksniņš, and Chief of State Fire and Rescue Service General Oskars Āboliņš will participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate completion of the 16th fire station renovation project between the U.S. government and the Latvian …
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By U.S. Embassy Latvia | 18 January, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, American Spaces, News, Press Releases
Hello all avid readers. Each February, the U.S. recognizes and celebrates Black History Month, as does the US Embassy of Latvia with a chance for eight of our social media followers to receive a copy of Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. What is in it for you? A free hard cover copy of Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, yours to keep, …
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By Inga | 3 February, 2021 | Topics: American Spaces, Art & Culture, Events, Public Affairs
Ambassador John Carwile January 22, 2020 Daugavpils Good evening. It is an honor to make my first trip to Daugavpils as the U.S. Ambassador to Latvia and I’m especially pleased to inaugurate our new American Space location. For the past 15 years, we have engaged with the community in Latgale to promote educational and cultural …
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By U.S. Embassy Latvia | 27 January, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, American Spaces, Speeches
Riga, January 23, 2020 – U.S. Ambassador John Carwile made his first official visit to Daugavpils from January 22-23. During his visit, Ambassador Carwile visited the Embassy’s American Space (U.S. Information Center) at the Latgale Central Library to mark the grand opening of a new location for the Center at the Library building. The new …
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By U.S. Embassy Latvia | 24 January, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, American Spaces, Press Releases
Hello all avid readers. Looking for a good post Halloween read as the days get darker and colder from America’s most prolific scary story teller – Stephen King. His latest book, The Institute, is out and we have 8 copies to hand out to social media followers, and an opportunity to discuss the book with …
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By Inga | 6 November, 2019 | Topics: American Spaces, Art & Culture, Events, Public Affairs
Hello all avid readers. Apologies for a prolonged hiatus, but the book club is back with ZUCKED, by Roger McNamee. This controversial book has raised quite a few eyebrows and as social media continues to evolve and influence our lives, it’s probably worth taking a critical look/read. An erudite friend of the Embassy, 20 year …
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By U.S. Embassy Latvia | 14 August, 2019 | Topics: American Spaces, Art & Culture, Events, Public Affairs
Hello all avid readers. As we near the end of this patriotic month for Latvia, the book we have on offer is by Pulitzer Prize winning author C.J. Chivers – The Fighters. This book, coupled with guest speaker Commander of the Latvian Land Forces, Colonel Ilmārs Atis Lejiņš, who has front line experience wherever Latvian …
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By U.S. Embassy Latvia | 26 November, 2018 | Topics: American Spaces, Art & Culture, Events, Public Affairs
Hello all avid readers. Books Are Still Cool has something special for April. American Latvian author Ināra Vērzemniece, and non-fiction creative writing assistant professor at the University of Iowa, will herself join the post read discussion via Skype. Her book, Among the Living and the Dead, has been critically acclaimed by the New York Times …
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By Inga | 26 March, 2018 | Topics: American Spaces, Culture, Education, English Language Learning, Events
Books Are Still Cool has a first ever – this month’s book’s author himself will host the book discussion!!! Jon A. Logan, author of Why Me? Why Not Me!, is presently serving with the US armed forces in Latvia at Lielvārde. About the book: “Decades of poor choices, dealing with tragedy, substance abuse, professional and …
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By U.S. Embassy Latvia | 3 January, 2018 | Topics: American Spaces, Culture, Education, English Language Learning, Events
Hello all avid readers. We have a nostalgic delicacy for you this April!! Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking – A Memoir of Food and Longing by Anya Von Bremzen. The title says a lot, but not all. This fine book is the favorite recent read of Dr. Robert Kellerman, who is an associate professor …
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By Inga | 5 April, 2017 | Topics: American Spaces, Events | Tags: Events
Hello all avid readers. March is Women’s History Month and hence, we have chosen a Pulitzer Prize winning novel written by America’s first female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth!!! This is our guest speaker’s favorite book of all time and he is ready to share his insights and …
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By Inga | 24 February, 2017 | Topics: American Spaces, Events | Tags: Events
Hello all avid readers. Hello all avid readers. Isn’t this the perfect weather for cozying up with a good book? November’s book was chosen by Member of the Saeima Atis Lejiņš who will also be our guest speaker. An adventurous person who twice travelled to Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion to seek out captured Latvian …
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By Inga | 1 November, 2016 | Topics: American Spaces, Events | Tags: Events
