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Crypto-Related Street Art Gaining Popularity in Europe, Aiming to Stir Awareness
A group called ‘Street Cy₿er’ has initiated a crypto awareness drive in European cities through the means of graffiti artwork and stickers. Street art related to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, initiated by this group, has surfaced in Barcelona, London, Berlin, Madrid, Prague, Riga (Latvia), and Tallin (Estonia) in the last nine months be...
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Canada's Trudeau To Visit Europe Next Week To Discuss Support For Ukraine
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday a trip next week to London, Riga, Berlin and Warsaw to discuss with allies how best to support Ukraine in its war with Russia.
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Food Tech: This Robot Can Cook And Serve You A Delicious Meal In No Time
The future promises many technologies that we are yet to explore, but one such automation that has caught the attention of many is the cooking robot!
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Kitchen Robot In Riga Cooks Up New Future For Fast Food
A pasta order comes in and the robotic arm springs into action at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. After five minutes of gyrations, a piping hot plate is ready.
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Latvian Lab Developing Technology to Help Earth Dodge Asteroids
A team of scientists at Riga Technical University is working on technology that could one day stop asteroids from smashing into Earth. The high-precision timers being built by hand in the lab of Latvian startup Eventech are currently being used to track satellites.
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Woman Filed For Divorce From Abusive Husband. Then, "Nightmare" In Court
The argument allegedly began over a bottle of bath soap and ended with Elaine Rigas's then-husband lunging at her throat. As she held their 1-year-old son in a bathtub, Rigas said, she feared that the man would strangle her to death.
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Suspected Robber Killed in Latvia ATM Theft Gone Wrong
Police in the Baltic state of Latvia assured the public today that a pre-dawn blast in the capital, Riga, was not a terrorist attack but a botched attempt to blow up and rob a cash machine by filling it with natural gas.
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Greece Scrapes Bottom of Barrel in Hunt for Cash to Stay Afloat
Officials from Greece and the lenders are meeting in Brussels on Saturday for a new round of negotiations ahead of a key euro zone finance ministers' meeting in Riga on April 24.
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NATO Allies Come to Grips With Russia's 'Hybrid Warfare'
NATO allies are scrambling to protect vulnerable Baltic partners from the threat of hybrid warfare; a Russian tactic that officials and experts say is based on deception rather than formal declaration of war.
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European Union Plots Counter-Terrorism Strategy Against Islamists
European Union interior ministers met Thursday in Riga to finalise a counter-terrorism strategy targeting radical Islamists weeks after the Paris terror attacks that left 17 people dead.
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AFC Cup: Pune FC go down against Tampines Rovers in Singapore
Striker Riga Mustapha (15th minute) gave Pune FC the lead with a penalty kick conversion before striker Miljan Mrdakovic (38th) pulled the hosts level in the first half. Second half strikes from medio Closa Gonzalez (61st) and Mrdakovic (69th) handed Tampines Rovers all three points.
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I-League: Pune FC down United SC, return to winning ways
After leading 2-0 with Riga's 11th and 23rd minute goals, Pune FC conceded a goal two minutes after the break with United's Hasan Al Moustafa finding the target.
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Latvian Prime Minister quits over supermarket disaster
Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis resigned on Wednesday, taking political responsibility for a supermarket collapse that killed 54 people last week.
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Third section of Latvian supermarket roof collapses
A massive third section of the roof at a Latvian supermarket where at least 54 people were killed fell on Saturday as emergency workers searched rubble nearby for more victims.
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Death toll in Latvian store collapse jumps to 47
Rescue workers pulled bodies from the ruins of a collapsed supermarket in the Latvian capital Riga on Friday as the death toll rose to 47 in the Baltic state's worst disaster in decades.
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Crypto-Related Street Art Gaining Popularity in Europe, Aiming to Stir Awareness
A group called ‘Street Cy₿er’ has initiated a crypto awareness drive in European cities through the means of graffiti artwork and stickers. Street art related to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, initiated by this group, has surfaced in Barcelona, London, Berlin, Madrid, Prague, Riga (Latvia), and Tallin (Estonia) in the last nine months be...
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Canada's Trudeau To Visit Europe Next Week To Discuss Support For Ukraine
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday a trip next week to London, Riga, Berlin and Warsaw to discuss with allies how best to support Ukraine in its war with Russia.
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Food Tech: This Robot Can Cook And Serve You A Delicious Meal In No Time
The future promises many technologies that we are yet to explore, but one such automation that has caught the attention of many is the cooking robot!
-
Kitchen Robot In Riga Cooks Up New Future For Fast Food
A pasta order comes in and the robotic arm springs into action at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. After five minutes of gyrations, a piping hot plate is ready.
-
Latvian Lab Developing Technology to Help Earth Dodge Asteroids
A team of scientists at Riga Technical University is working on technology that could one day stop asteroids from smashing into Earth. The high-precision timers being built by hand in the lab of Latvian startup Eventech are currently being used to track satellites.
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Woman Filed For Divorce From Abusive Husband. Then, "Nightmare" In Court
The argument allegedly began over a bottle of bath soap and ended with Elaine Rigas's then-husband lunging at her throat. As she held their 1-year-old son in a bathtub, Rigas said, she feared that the man would strangle her to death.
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Suspected Robber Killed in Latvia ATM Theft Gone Wrong
Police in the Baltic state of Latvia assured the public today that a pre-dawn blast in the capital, Riga, was not a terrorist attack but a botched attempt to blow up and rob a cash machine by filling it with natural gas.
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Greece Scrapes Bottom of Barrel in Hunt for Cash to Stay Afloat
Officials from Greece and the lenders are meeting in Brussels on Saturday for a new round of negotiations ahead of a key euro zone finance ministers' meeting in Riga on April 24.
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NATO Allies Come to Grips With Russia's 'Hybrid Warfare'
NATO allies are scrambling to protect vulnerable Baltic partners from the threat of hybrid warfare; a Russian tactic that officials and experts say is based on deception rather than formal declaration of war.
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European Union Plots Counter-Terrorism Strategy Against Islamists
European Union interior ministers met Thursday in Riga to finalise a counter-terrorism strategy targeting radical Islamists weeks after the Paris terror attacks that left 17 people dead.
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AFC Cup: Pune FC go down against Tampines Rovers in Singapore
Striker Riga Mustapha (15th minute) gave Pune FC the lead with a penalty kick conversion before striker Miljan Mrdakovic (38th) pulled the hosts level in the first half. Second half strikes from medio Closa Gonzalez (61st) and Mrdakovic (69th) handed Tampines Rovers all three points.
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I-League: Pune FC down United SC, return to winning ways
After leading 2-0 with Riga's 11th and 23rd minute goals, Pune FC conceded a goal two minutes after the break with United's Hasan Al Moustafa finding the target.
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Latvian Prime Minister quits over supermarket disaster
Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis resigned on Wednesday, taking political responsibility for a supermarket collapse that killed 54 people last week.
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Third section of Latvian supermarket roof collapses
A massive third section of the roof at a Latvian supermarket where at least 54 people were killed fell on Saturday as emergency workers searched rubble nearby for more victims.
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Death toll in Latvian store collapse jumps to 47
Rescue workers pulled bodies from the ruins of a collapsed supermarket in the Latvian capital Riga on Friday as the death toll rose to 47 in the Baltic state's worst disaster in decades.
