* 1920 – The Latvian – Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.

Belarus is a member of the Trans-European Line ( TEL ), Trans-Asia-Europe Fibre-Optic Line ( TAE ) and has access to the Trans-Siberia Line ( TSL ); three fibre-optic segments provide connectivity to Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine ; worldwide service is available to Belarus through this infrastructure ; additional analogue lines to Russia ; Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik earth stations

In the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Austria, Germany, Scandinavia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Catalonia, 26 December is celebrated as the Second Christmas Day.

In spite of the rather slow post-recession recovery, in terms of income per capita Croatia is still ahead of some European Union member states such as Bulgaria, Romania and Latvia.

In the latter case, exemplified by Bulgaria, Hong Kong and Latvia, the local currency is backed at a fixed rate by the central bank's holdings of a foreign currency.

The Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) is a loose alliance or confederation consisting of 10 of the 15 former Soviet Republics, the exceptions being Turkmenistan ( a CIS associate member ), Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Georgia.

The census in Latvia is carried out by Centrālā Statistikas Pārvalde ( Central Statistical Bureau ).

The River Daugava ( in Latvian ) or Western Dvina (;,, Дзвiна, Dzvina ; ), not to be confused with Northern Dvina, is a river rising in the Valdai Hills, Russia, flowing through Russia, Belarus, and Latvia, draining into the Gulf of Riga in Latvia, an arm of the Baltic Sea.

The total length of the river is: 325 km in Russian Federation, 328 km in Belarus, and 367 km – in Latvia.

It is also practiced in Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Lebanon, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, and other countries.

Scepticism is highest in Latvia, the United Kingdom, and Hungary, with only 25 %– 32 % viewing membership as a good thing.

Belief that the citizen's country has benefited from EU membership is lowest ( below 50 %) in the UK, Hungary, Latvia, Italy, Austria, Sweden and Bulgaria.

Trust is highest in Slovakia, Belgium, Malta, Denmark, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Luxembourg ; it is lowest in the UK ( 22 %) and Latvia ( 40 %).

Yet in nations or regions where traditional folk music is a badge of cultural or national identity, the loss of traditional music can be slowed ; this is held to be true, for instance in the case of Bangladesh, Hungary, India, Ireland, Scotland, Latvia, Turkey, Portugal, Brittany, and Galicia, Greece and Crete all of which retain their traditional music to some degree, in some such areas the decline of traditional music and loss of traditions has been reversed.

Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.

In addition to those four countries, floorball is gaining popularity in countries such as Latvia, Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and the United States.

* 1207 – Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established.

It is also one of the oldest known written documents about the history of Estonia and Latvia.

It is the most popular sport in Canada, Finland, Latvia, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.

The History of Latvia began when the area which is today Latvia was settled following the end of the last glacial period, around 9000 BC.

In comparison, neighbouring Sweden was ranked 1st – 3rd with a CPI at 9. 3 ( CI 9. 2 – 9. 4 ), Finland 5th – 6th with a CPI at 9. 0 ( CI 8. 4 – 9. 4 ), Russia 147th – 150th with a CPI at 2. 1 ( CI 1. 9 – 2. 5 ), and Latvia 52nd with a CPI at 5. 0 ( CI 4. 8 – 5. 2 ).

Riga State Gymnasium No. 1 is constantly ranked first among the schools in Latvia.

Estonia is currently ranked 22nd in the RLIF World Rankings, just behind Latvia and ahead of South Africa.

The 2006 IIHF World Championship was held in Latvia between May 5th and May 21st, 2009 with events being held in Riga.

Slams have spread all over the world, with slam scenes in Nepal, Canada, Germany, Sweden, France, Austria, Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Manchester and Liverpool United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, Bosnia, Denmark, Latvia, South Korea, Japan, India, Greece, Spain, Mexico, and France.

Outside of Scandinavia, in 2004, Latvia became the first country in the world to have a Green politician become Head of Government, but in 2006 the Green Party received only 16. 71 of the vote.

There is a banknote for 500 Latvian lats which is currently one of the most valuable notes in the world, as it is worth more than $ 1000, but it is unlikely to be accepted outside of Latvia.

The GRU operated residencies all over the world, along with the SIGINT ( signals intelligence ) station in Lourdes, Cuba, and throughout the former Soviet bloc countries, especially in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.

He was Prime Minister of Latvia for ten months in 2004, the first Green politician to lead a country in the history of the world.

In 1937 he shared first at Kemeri, Latvia, and in 1938 shared fourth in the famous AVRO tournament in the Netherlands, which featured arguably the eight strongest players in the world.

The current world record is held by Alexander Ryazantsev of KHL's Traktor Chelyabinsk, who slapped a puck at the 2012 KHL All Star Game skills competition in Latvia with a speed of 183. 67 km / h ( 114. 13 MPH ).

Van Helden was born to an Indo ( Dutch-Indonesian ) father and a French-Lebanese mother but traveled around the world as a child, spending time in the Netherlands, Latvia, Turkey, and Italy as his father was a member of the U. S. Air Force.

But the new generation comes from Finland, Russia, the Czech Republic and Latvia, and its current big star is Roni Nuttunen from Finland who in the past season won all major tournaments he participated in, including the two greatest: Swedish Masters and the world championships.

Zabel gained Sidecarcross world championship wins in 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, driven by Daniel Willemsen from the Netherlands and previously in 1998, driven by Kristers Sergis from Latvia.

Osram is a multinational corporation with headquarters in Munich, Germany, and plants in Germany, Italy, France, India, Latvia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Russia, Japan, the People's Republic of China, Indonesia and Argentina, and it employs more than 40, 000 people throughout the world.

" When a year later the world press criticized Gorbachev for violent massacres of civilians in Lithuania and Latvia, Azerbaijani public was embittered for the silence of the world media on Gorbachev's orders a year earlier, during Black January.

Currently, half of the Russian-speaking community of Latvia are Latvian citizens, while the other half do not have citizenship of any country in the world.

Singer Ivo Fomins, also educated as a chef, has taken part in many musical projects in Latvia, performing together with the band " Liepājas Brāļi " ( Brothers of Liepāja ) and as a solo artist, performing in Russia, Poland, Austria, Denmark and elsewhere in the world, including the " Big Apple " festival in the United States.

* Latvia ranks # 141 in world population

Renowned composers of contemporary music dedicated works to David Geringas, thus the Concerto in Do by Anatolijus Šenderovas, being played by David Geringas for the first time in 2002 and being awarded the European Composers Prize in Berlin, the Cello Concerto by Ned Rorem, world premiere 2003 in the USA, the Cello Concertos by Vytautas Laurušas and by Vidmantas Bartulis, world premiere 2004 respective 2005 in Latvia.

As of 1928, the World Union of Poalei Zion ( i. e. the PZ rightwing ) claimed to have 22, 500 members in its sections around the world ; 5, 000 in Poland and the United States, 4, 000 in Palestine, 3, 000 in Russia, 1, 000 in Lithuania, Romania, Argentina and the United Kingdom, 500 in Latvia and another 1, 000 scattered across countries such as Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, France and Brazil.

The program began in Zimbabwe in 1999 and now has centers in 13 countries around the world: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Latvia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mongolia, Nigeria, Serbia, South Africa, Uganda, the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.