Rigas Laiks

The monthly Rigas Laiks ("The Riga Time") has been published in Latvian since 1993 and is a "serious" general interest magazine that prints articles on culture, politics, philosophy, history, and everyday life. The magazine is famous for its hard-hitting, in-depth interviews with well-known politicians, writers, musicians, actors, and other local and foreign personalities. [For example, interview with Estonian writer Jaan Kross cited by Latvian Government Minister [http://www.am.gov.lv/en/news/speeches/2006/November/18-1/] Nov 2006]

The [http://www.rigaslaiks.lv website] contains full scanned archive of issues from November 1993 through 2004. Some articles are published in English.

Further reading

* Ilze Sulmane, [http://www.nordicom.gu.se/mr/iceland/papers/nine/ISulmane.doc "Ethnic and political stereotypes in Latvian and Russian language press in Latvia"] , Paper at 15th Nordic Conference on Media and Communication Research, Iceland 11-13th August 2001, accessed Jan 26, 2007 - Reports the (favourable) treatment of stereotypes in Rigas Laiks.

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External links

http://www.rigaslaiks.lv