This Wednesday I attended quite a tasty tasting - but not of wine or food. It was a seminar tasting, an introduction to the lecturer and the topic he was presenting to the audience. The tasting took place at the training company Sapņu Osta in central Riga.
I can now start with "traditionally" - iinuu picks a planner for the coming year and rounds up the spotted, coveted and heart- and eye-pleasing 2017 planners. I don't know about you, but I already have work scheduled for January, February and March, so I'm in a hurry to buy one. This time five made it into the Top.
An interview is not a conversation or dialogue - it is a way for you to sell your story. An interview is a sales act - everything you say makes people either "buy" or "leave it on the shelf." This was explained to participants at the LTRK seminar "Every Interview Is an Opportunity! How to Use It?" by journalist and LNT News TOP 10 host Haralds Burkovskis.
In press release texts, clarity is more important than creativity - so says Aiga Veckalne, expert in Latvian language and business communication etiquette. On the afternoon of 25 October, her masterclass on writing effective press releases and correct use of the Latvian language was held at Birojnīca in Berga Bazārs.
Given that the pumpkin came to us from the North American continent, the carving traditions are evidently to be found there too. Unfortunately no historical source can tell us who started this tradition and when.
This Sunday, at the Čiekurkalns crossroads, under the care of the Čiekurkalns Development Society, the eighth harvest festival is taking place with the traditional homemade goods market and a historical tour of the neighbourhood.
Some cinematic works that have spoken to us with a slightly caricatured but sufficiently harsh view from the outside of the modern person and their place in society, in a specific structure, a network.
This time I will not go into detail about each attraction, its artistic or architectural value - you can enjoy those visually in the photo gallery below. I will gather a few ideas: where to stay, how to get around, where to eat and shop, what to see and enjoy.
The essence of the app is that it can be used to report to the Environmental Service about disturbing smells, construction waste left in forests, unidentified fishing nets, and so on. Anything related to the environment that the reporter considers worthy of the Environmental Service's (or any other supervisory body's) attention.
On Tuesday, 9 August 2016, the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) hosted a seminar titled "Hackers, Digital Economy Risks and Opportunities". Although the use of the word "hacker" in the seminar title proved somewhat misleading, the speakers' presentations were pervaded by the idea that as technology enters our daily lives, the risks of who uses the data collected and how - as well as the natural desire of bad actors to access it - are growing.