Vizma Belševica was a Latvian poet, writer, and translator. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Latvian National Theatre is one of the leading professional theatres in Latvia. The building is in the eclectic style and is an architectural and artistic monument. The country of Latvia was proclaimed in this building in the year 1918. On 23 February 2002, the theatre celebrated its 100th anniversary. The director of National Theatre of Latvia since 2006 has been Ojārs Rubenis.
The Women's Javelin Throw at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 18. The event featured four athletes whose ability was so much better than the opposition that Mirko Jalava of the IAAF said it would be a "major surprise" should another athlete beat them to the podium.
MADARA Cosmetics also known as MÁDARA, is a Latvian manufacturer of organic skin care, hair care and baby care products. The ingredients include biologically certified blossoms and herbal extracts from the Northern and Baltic region. The brand name MADARA is the Latvian name for a common inhabitant of Baltic meadows – Galium mollugo, commonly known as bedstraw or wild madder. Its spatial pattern or fractal is also depicted in the logo of MADARA Cosmetics, which received the EULDA/WOLDA award and the title "Best of Latvia" in 2007.
Madara Līduma is a former World Cup level Latvian biathlete.
Madara Mālmane is a Latvian model.
Gulbene is a town in northeastern Latvia. It is an administrative center of Gulbene Municipality.
Latvia competed at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013.
Ventspils University of Applied Sciences is a higher education establishment in Ventspils, Latvia.
Egils Levits is a Latvian politician, lawyer, political scientist and jurist who served as the tenth president of Latvia from 2019 to 2023. He was a member of the European Court of Justice from 2004 to 2019.
Christin Hussong is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She has won gold at the 2011 World Youth Championships, 2015 European U23 Championships and at the 2018 European Championships. Hussong holds the European Championships record with her personal best throw of 69.19 m.
For a Humane Latvia, previously known as Who Owns the State?, is a right-wing populist political party in Latvia. Since 2022, its a member of the Union for Latvia alliance together with the Heritage of the Fatherland party.
Svešā seja is a Latvian television series that premiered in Latvia on TV3 on September 18, 2017. The series was created by the same team which had worked on popular Latvian TV series UgunsGrēks. The series starred actors Dārta Daneviča and Vita Vārpiņa from Dailes Theatre and actors Kaspars Dumburs and Egils Melbārdis from the Latvian National Theatre. The opening theme was "Atbalss" by the band Musiqq.
Madara Uchiha is a main antagonist manga and anime character in the Naruto series created by Masashi Kishimoto. He appears for the first time in "Part II" of the manga and the Shippuden anime adaptation, as a major antagonist. He, along with its first Hokage Hashirama Senju, is one of the co-founders of Konohagakure village from the ninja world. Their power conflict over how to run the village, as well as the long-term feud between clans, leads to Madara's death. However, it is revealed later that Madara had used a man named Obito Uchiha as his agent. He transplants his Rinnegan eye power into a child named Nagato, a member of the terrorist organization Akatsuki, to be preserved for his eventual revival years later. During most of the series, Obito uses Madara's name until a criminal named Kabuto Yakushi reanimates the real Madara who becomes one of the primary antagonists alongside Obito Uchiha during the Fourth Great Shinobi World War storyline. Madara has appeared in several pieces of Naruto media, including a Boruto feature film. Many Naruto video games have featured him as a playable character.
The Mover is a 2018 Latvian drama film directed by Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. The film is based on the Latvian novel A Boy and a Dog written by Inese Zandere and illustrated by Reinis Pētersons. It was selected as the Latvian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but was not nominated. In 2019 The Mover was awarded as the best foreign film at Haifa International Film Festival.
Anna Madara Pērkone, known professionally as Annna, is a Latvian singer, songwriter and music producer based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Environmental sustainability, burnouts and dysfunctional families are major themes in her songs, and she only wears sustainable or second-hand clothing on stage.
Madara Golsta is a Latvian chess player, Latvian Women's Chess Championships medalist.
Indirect presidential elections were held in Latvia on 31 May 2023 to elect the President of Latvia, who is the country's head of state.
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