### Until 7 June The Latvian Museum of Architecture is hosting the exhibition “Hotel in Old Riga. What kind? The jury process for the design competition”

In the small village of Beja in north-eastern Vidzeme, the view of the small Alūksne river has changed significantly. The water level has fallen because the demolition of the Beja dam has begun. The World Wide Fund for Nature, in cooperation with the Alūksne municipality, is implementing a project there that has been chosen as the first example for starting the removal of barriers to fish migration.

First, he secretly removed a Soviet symbol—a cannon—in Krustpils. Then he was the first from Latvia to go to fight in Ukraine. He returned a month ago because work is piling up on his own farm, and he knows that a land without its master goes to ruin. A defender of Ukraine in the ranks of the volunteer battalion “Karpatskij sič”. Heir to his great-grandfather’s land, carp farmer and economist at the “Kalves” farm in the Jēkabpils area—Gundars Kalve.

 

Remaining convinced that there is nothing sudden in history—when it comes to major trends—it seems more important to treat the sincerity of the understanding declared by our elite representatives with great caution. I simply do not believe many of them. On the other hand, if we are talking about those whose shock was genuine, the call is—do not wait until they start shooting or putting opponents in prison.

 

 

It is different with topics where it is necessary to hear from representatives of various fields and officials, specialists, experts, entrepreneurs, and members of parliament are invited to programmes. Therefore, the collected data suggests publicly invisible processes and, possibly, both media and other institutional traditions in choosing and suggesting participants for important discussions. For example, the considerations that determine the external public relations strategies of institutions and the circle of people who are prepared within those institutions for participation in public discussions.