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17.06.2010, 04:19
Authorities in Riga are to hold a contest to find a way to scare beavers away from the city’s canal. The rodents have damaged several trees and authorities fear they may begin munching on the canal’s wooden structures.
26.10.2009, 23:18
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A mysterious UFO that allegedly fell over Latvia on Sunday has turned out to be a fake. A local mobile operator has confessed to being involved in staging a hoax with the meteorite.
09.10.2010, 06:26
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A legend on the trot, Mr. Pigman is the long-awaited answer to the Latvian State Forest's problem of illegal waste disposal.
07.07.2009, 14:18
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Five minutes could now be the maximum amount of time one is expected to spend at a public lavatory in the small Baltic town of Klaipeda in the former Soviet Republic of Lithuania.
22.09.2009, 13:50
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A model from Russia’s southern city of Voronezh has opted for her sick dog rather than staying with her fiancé. The man gave 27-year-old Diana an ultimatum: me or the dying pet.
20.08.2010, 13:15
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Latvian media speculate that the growing number of cyclists fined for riding drunk comes from a scam where policemen allow busted car drivers be documented as cyclists for a bribe.
24.06.2009, 06:16
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A Chinese man known as “Lord of the Flytraps” has sent his patented ultrasonic invention to US President Barack Obama, who recently killed a fly on TV, so that the American leader can catch flies “hygienically.”
04.08.2009, 21:13
Pets never cease to amaze. A lost dog in Poland, unable to find his way home, went to… a police station.
30.06.2010, 23:06
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A new way to tackle locust invasions has been invented in southern Russia.
13.07.2009, 14:49
A number of Soviet-era vehicles have recently turned into objects of art. A selection of cars, bikes and motorcycles from times long gone have been put on display in the Estonian capital Tallinn.
Published: 07 October, 2010, 10:38
Edited: 07 October, 2010, 19:44
Riga’s city council has decided not to fight beavers inhabiting the city’s channel. Instead they will fence off endangered trees and supply the animals with lumber delivered from elsewhere.
I'm all for the foxes.