Latvia,officially the Republic of Latvia,is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states,along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east,Belarus to the southeast,and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of 64,589 km2 (24,938 sq mi),with a population of 1.9 million. The country has a temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians belong to the ethnolinguistic group of the Balts and speak Latvian,one of the only two surviving Baltic languages. Russians are the most prominent minority in the country,at almost a quarter of the population.
Sandra Kalniete is a Latvian politician,author,diplomat and independence movement leader. She served as Foreign Minister of Latvia 2002–2004 and as European Commissioner for Agriculture,Rural Development and Fisheries in 2004. Since 2009,she has served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the European People's Party.
The Latvia national football team represents Latvia in men's international football,and is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation,the governing body for football in Latvia. They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup,but did qualify for the European Championship in 2004 under head coach Aleksandrs Starkovs.
The Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award (AHMA) was founded by the Austrian Service Abroad in 2006.
Gabriela von Habsburg is an abstract sculptor,working mainly in stainless steel as well as stone-printed lithography. She was the ambassador of Georgia to Germany from 2009 to 2013. She is the granddaughter of Charles I,the last emperor of Austria.
The Embassy of Ukraine in Moscow was the chief diplomatic mission of Ukraine in the Russian Federation. It was located at 18 Leontyevsky Lane in Moscow.
Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in Moscow is the chief diplomatic mission of Latvia in the Russian Federation. It is located at 3 Chaplygina Street in the Basmanny District of Moscow.
Latvia–Russia relations are the bilateral foreign relations between Latvia and Russia. Latvia has an embassy in Moscow. The Russian Federation has an embassy in Riga.
Philibert Gnagno Fagnidi is an Ivorian diplomat and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Côte d'Ivoire to the Russian Federation.
Biķernieki Memorial is a war memorial to the Holocaust victims of World War II in Biķernieki forest in Riga,Latvia. Biķernieki forest is the biggest mass murder site during the Holocaust in Latvia with two memorial territories spanning over 80,000 square metres (860,000 sq ft) with 55 marked burial sites with around 20,000 victims still buried in total.
Konstantin Konstantinovich Yurenev,also known as Konstantin Konstantinovich Krotovsky,was a Russian revolutionary,Soviet politician and diplomat.
Jan Antonovich Berzin was a Latvian village teacher,later Bolshevik revolutionary,journalist and Soviet diplomat. He was Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Austria between 1925 and 1927. He was executed during the Great Purge and posthumously rehabilitated in 1956.
Skuja is a Latvian surname,derived from the Latvian word for "needle". Individuals with the surname include:
Skuja Braden is an international artist collaboration between Ingūna Skuja and Melissa Braden. They create painted sculptures in porcelain.
MārtiņšNukša was a Latvian diplomat and architect. He worked as an architect in Riga during the heyday of Art Nouveau architecture and from 1920 as a diplomat representing Latvia. He was arrested by Soviet authorities after the occupation of Latvia and executed in 1942.
Eižens Ārinš was a mathematician and computer scientist. He was one of those who contributed to the return of Emanuel Grinberg to the University of Latvia.
Azerbaijan—Latvia relations refer to the bilateral relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Latvia in the political,socio-economic,and cultural spheres. Since 2005,Azerbaijan has had a representative office in Riga,just as Latvia has an Embassy in Baku. The Ambassador of Latvia to Azerbaijan is Dainis Garancs. Javanshir Akhundov is the Ambassador of Azerbaijan in Latvia.
