The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Latvia and the second oldest existing Latvian political party after the Latvian Farmers' Union. It is currently represented with two seats in the parliament of Latvia as a part of the Union of Greens and Farmers alliance after an absence of 20 years. The party tends to hold a less Russophilic view than fellow social-democratic party "Harmony".
Prāta Vētra,known internationally as Brainstorm,is a Latvian pop/rock band. The band became popular internationally in 2000 when they finished third in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "My Star".
Gundars Vētra is a Latvian former professional basketball player and a current coach.
Cēsis Castle is one of the most iconic and best preserved medieval castles in Latvia. The foundations of the castle were laid 800 years ago by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword. The most prosperous period Cēsis Castle experienced was during its next owners,the Teutonic Order. It became one of the key administrative and economic centers of the Teutonic Order in Livonia and was a seat of Landmeister in Livland. The first serious damage was done to the castle during the Livonian War,when it was besieged by the army of Ivan the Terrible. In the course of the siege of 1577 approximately 300 people within the castle committed mass suicide by blowing themselves up with gunpowder. Cēsis Castle was still in use during the following century but it fell into disuse after the Great Northern War. Today the castle is the most visited heritage site in Cēsis and one of the 'must see' destinations in the Baltic states.
Gundars Bojārs is a Latvian politician. He was the Mayor of Riga from 2001 to 2005.
A constitutional referendum to amend the constitution of Latvia in order to allow one-tenth of the total registered electorate to initiate a popular referendum to dissolve the Latvian parliament was held in Latvia on 2 August 2008.
Canada and Latvia have long-standing foreign relations. During the 1920s,Canada helped Lithuania gain their independence with their victory in the war over the Baltics in Lithuania. Canada never recognized the Soviet Union's annexation of Latvia and re-recognized Latvia's independence on August 26,1991.
A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve is a 1981 Soviet-Latvian comedy-drama film directed by Jānis Streičs. Movie was produced by Riga Film Studio. The film was awarded the Latvian National Film Prize Lielais Kristaps in 1981. The film is included into Latvian Culture Canon,and voted all-time best Latvian film in popular vote. It is shown every year on TV prior to the summer solstice festival of Jāņi,which is a national holiday in Latvia. The movie is about the struggle of two related families for the eighty-year-old aunt's inheritance through comic and romantic events.
Alexander Tomasovich Mirsky is a Latvian politician of Russian and Jewish descent.
Riga StradiņšUniversity (RSU) is a public university located in the city of Riga,Latvia. The name Stradiņšin the university's title refers to the Stradiņšfamily,who have had a significant influence on the course of community and academic life in Latvia for over a century.
Gundars Bērziņš was a Latvian accountant and politician and a Deputy of the Saeima since 1993. He was a member of the People's Party. He served as the Minister of Finance of Latvia from 2000 to 2002 and Minister of Healthcare from 2004 to 2007.
Gundars is a Latvian masculine given name and may refer to:
Āboliņš is a Latvian surname,derived from the Latvian word for "clover" and "trefoil". Individuals with the surname include:
Gundars Āboliņš is a Latvian actor. He worked for the New Riga Theatre in Riga,having formerly worked for the Dailes Theatre. He was awarded the Spēlmaņu nakts gada aktieris award in 2006.
Armands Celitāns is a Latvian volleyball player who plays on the Latvia men's national volleyball team. His brother,Gundars Celitāns,is also a volleyball player.
For Latvia and Ventspils is a regionalist political party in Latvia that mainly operates as a localist party in Ventspils. It is mostly known for its chairman,Aivars Lembergs,who has been mayor of Ventspils between 1988 until his arrest in 2021. In 2006,the party signed an agreement with the Union of Greens and Farmers to allow members of For Latvia and Ventspils to be elected to the Saeima,including the former speaker of the parliament Gundars Daudze,and current members Dana Reizniece-Ozola and Jānis Vucāns. Since then,Lembergs has been named as a candidate for the position of the prime minister many times.
Gundars Celitāns is a Latvian male volleyball player. His brother,Armands Celitāns,is also a volleyball player. Gundars won Best Player in Serie A1 2012-2013.
Gundars Upenieks is a Latvian biathlete. He competed at the 1992,1994,1998 and the 2002 Winter Olympics. From 2002 until 2006 Upenieks was the secretary general of the Latvian Biathlon federation. Since 2013 he is a vice president of Latvian Biathlon federation.
Courland is one of the five multi-member constituencies of the Saeima,the national legislature of Latvia. The constituency was established in 1922 when the Saeima was established following Latvia's independence from the Soviet Union. It consists of the cities of Liepāja and Ventspils and municipalities of Kuldīga,Saldus,South Kurzeme,Talsi and Ventspils in the region of Courland. The constituency currently elects 12 of the 100 members of the Saeima using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 parliamentary election it had 180,070 registered electors.
The Fourteenth Saeima of Latvia was elected in the 2022 Latvian parliamentary election held on 1 October 2022.
