Latvia is situated in Eastern Europe on the Baltic Sea, bordered by Estonia to the north, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and Lithuania to the south. With a population in 1993 of about 2.6 million and a surface area of 24,903 square...

This article is about the ethnic group called Latvians or Letts. For the inhabitants of Latvia, see Demographics of Latvia. Latvians or Letts (Latvian: latvieši), the indigenous Baltic people of Latvia, occasionally refer to themselves by the ancient...

When sisters Mara Anderson and Ilze Berzins were growing up in Lancaster, their family's Christmas tradition raised their neighbors' eyebrows. On Christmas Eve, the family would light candles, singing the songs of their homeland as the flickering lights danced among the branches of their...

Astr[superscript one]de Ivaska. ... jo rudens ir mans atgrie}an[degree sign]s laiks. R[superscript one]ga. Preses Nams. 1998. 37 pages. ISBN 9984-00-344-2. This small assemblage of thirty-seven loose pages, titled "... for fall is the season of my return," is vintage Astr[superscript one]de Ivaska....