More Krāslava's wooden architecture is an asset that must be preserved and perpetuated the carved wooden decorations that appear in the window and door openings and the wooden lace are the signatures of the small Latgalian town of Krāslava and its surroundings and a pearl that can still be seen here Head of the Development Department of Krāslava Municipality Council.  there is a different scale and a different kind of wooden heritage it's linked to a multinational cultural environment Every craftsman here has had his own signature." In order to preserve and immortalize these pearls of Krāslava's wooden architecture the Municipality of Krāslava is involved in a project called "Digital Tourism in Crafts" the idea of preserving and telling the story of this heritage are involved in a joint project with the Latgale Planning Region as the lead partner and the Daugavpils Unity House "The theme of Krāslava is wooden architecture and the result will be a digital exhibition about the wooden heritage so that it does not disappear into oblivion and this exhibition will be placed in the stables of Krāslava Castle." Everyone in Krāslava is invited to participate in its creation the museum's main collections keeper: "Now we are in the process of preparation The title of this digital exhibition is "Heritage patterns in wood wooden architectural values of Krāslava region" Now we are gathering all the materials in the museum's collection and asking people to send us digital photographs of wooden houses This is how we will preserve the cultural heritage of wood." Photo: Silvija Smagare / Latvijas RadioPhoto: Silvija Smagare / Latvijas RadioPhoto: Silvija Smagare / Latvijas RadioPhoto: Silvija Smagare / Latvijas RadioPhoto: Silvija Smagare / Latvijas RadioPhoto: Silvija Smagare / Latvijas RadioPhoto: Silvija Smagare / Latvijas RadioPhoto: Silvija Smagare / Latvijas RadioPhoto: Silvija Smagare / Latvijas Radio It is important that these treasures are not lost because the passage of time and human carelessness are often the main reasons why these pearls of craftsmanship fade into oblivion says Alla Lomanovska: "We are proud that we have such pearls - wooden houses You could say that in this project we will explore the face of the house The digital exhibition will help us to preserve the object Select text and press Ctrl+Enter to send a suggested correction to the editor Select text and press Report a mistake to send a suggested correction to the editor On 21 July President Edgars Rinkēvičs visited Krāslava Municipality. During his visit, President Edgars Rinkēvičs met with the members of the Krāslava Municipality Council, farmers, entrepreneurs and representatives of the education sector. ‘Krāslava is a special place in Latgale and on the map of our country Not only is it one of the oldest inhabited territories in Latvia but people of different nationalities and confessions have been able to live and develop peacefully together here I am particularly pleased and satisfied with the energetic entrepreneurs and residents of Krāslava,’ said President Edgars Rinkēvičs during his visit the President of Latvia got acquainted with the vision of Krāslava Municipality on its future development In Krāslava Municipality the dominant economic sectors are those typical for Latgale Rinkēvičs visited a number of enterprises in Krāslava Municipality listened to and answered the questions raised by the residents of Krāslava Municipality and gave interviews to the media representatives Your feedback will help us improve this site Daugavpils City Municipality Tourism Development and Information Agency and Krāslava District Council Tourism Information Centre despite the global challenges related to COVID-19 are actively preparing for the new tourist season It goes without saying that when the tourist season comes we want to please tourists and local residents with new tourism products a working meeting of the representatives of the above-mentioned institutions took place on February 24 in Krāslava Opportunities for cooperation were discussed and it was decided to create a joint tourism product by the beginning of the new tourism season - the route “Daugava unites” under the motto “Unforgettable recreation on the banks of the Daugava” It is planned that the route will include the most important tourism objects of Daugavpils including opportunities for active recreation catering and places where it is possible to taste Latgale culinary heritage dishes The new tourist route will also be interesting because travellers will be issued a tourist passport in which entries will be made when visiting the objects included in the route travellers will have the opportunity to participate in a prize draw The prizes will depend on the number of entries in the tourist passport Information prepared by: Daugavpils City Municipality Tourism Development and Information Agency E-mail: turisms@daugavpils.lv  Web: www.visitdaugavpils.lv  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Daugavpils.travel www.facebook.com/Daugavpils.cietoksnis  www.facebook.com/SmakovkasMuzejs Krišjāņa Valdemāra ielā 1, Daugavpils, LV-5401 Information bureau: +371 65404344, +371 65404399 E-mail: info@daugavpils.lv, pasts@daugavpils.lv E-adrese Created Loyaty Daugavpils valstspilsētas pašvaldība neuzņemas atbildību par tulkojuma precizitāti Take note – story published 1 year and 11 months ago The information is also examined and samples are taken in several places in Latvia from which there have been reports of dead wild birds The service reminded the public that last week in the area of the Daugavpils Esplanade pond high-pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 was laboratory-confirmed in dead birds The PVD calls on residents not to visit the mentioned territory and not to touch dead birds in order not to endanger their health and prevent the further spread of the disease the PVD calls on poultry keepers to observe biosecurity requirements more carefully than ever and to immediately inform their veterinarian or the PVD about the illness or sudden death of poultry Highly pathogenic avian influenza is an acute highly contagious infectious disease of birds characterized by high mortality. Reservoirs and ponds are regarded as common distribution points of the virus for wild birds which can develop the disease without characteristic symptoms. Poultry can become infected through contact with infected wild birds. Birds can also be infected via contaminated water and equipment which carry the virus On 21 July the President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs will visit Krāslava region Edgars Rinkēvičs will meet with various sector experts including farmers and representatives of the Krāslava Municipality Education Board to discuss issues related to the development of the district and access to education The President of Latvia will also get acquainted with the daily work of the farm "Kurmīši" in the cultivation and processing of medicinal plants as well as the operation of the local export-oriented sewing company "IV plus" President Edgars Rinkēvičs will also meet with the residents of the region and visit the Krāslava Museum of History and Art in the Krāslava Castle Central Finance and Contracting Agency and councils of Kraslava and Ludza have signed an agreement for the realization of a project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund to develop infrastructure in regions and contribute to attraction of private investors That project will be the first of the 2014-2020 planning period to be supervised by CFLA’s Latgale office It is expected that the project’s development will allow five companies create 13 new jobs and invest in business development The project’s realization is planned to be completed by September 2017 Total planned costs are estimated at EUR 723,757.25 This includes co-financing from the European Regional Development Fund – EUR 615,193.66 The goal of the project in Kraslava is the formation of public infrastructure intended for commercial activities attraction of private investments and development of the local business environment The project also includes reconstruction of Raina Street Vasarnicu Street and Kalniesi-Stalti municipal road Those are the roads to provide local traffic and access to properties and manufacturing areas the project’s goal is securing sustainable economic growth and creation of new jobs and sorting out local business infrastructure in accordance with Ludza Kraslava and Cibla municipalities’ development programmes Infrastructure improvement plans will support more than 20 entrepreneurs active in those territories The project’s realization includes plans to attract funding from European Regional Development Fund worth EUR 2,616,528.19 Its realization is planned to commence in spring 2017 Latgale region office is the first CFLA regional department adds: «This is a very special day for our office because today marks 13 years since we were founded These will be the first projects in the third planning period we will work with in Latgale We are happy and satisfied to be able to work with projects on site.» Take note – story published 2 years and 3 months ago Jeremejeva (Yeremeyev's) Street was renamed Jubilejas (Jubilee) Street as Krāslava will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year Gagarina (Gagarin's) Street in Indra was renamed Kalna (Mountain) Street and Tereškovas (Tereshkova's) Street was named Laimes (Happiness) Street Mičurina (Michurin's) Street in Dagda was renamed Narūtas (Narūta River) Street Latvia has been actively getting rid of Soviet-era relics Take note – story published 10 years and 5 months ago As Latvians gathered by the thousands on Lāčplēsis Day lighting candles and sporting their flag-ribbons to honor the nation’s freedom-fighting soldiers one of Latgale’s farthest border zone towns by the Russian and Belarus borders told daily newspaper Diena that he was worried about pro-Russian activities in his district Krāslava District Council chairman Gunārs Upenieks (Greens-Farmers Union) believes the ground is being prepared for provocative ideological activities carried out by paid agents of Russia while national security authorities are paying insufficient attention to these developments and telling residents about opportunities that would open up should Latgale be annexed to Russia “The information reaches us at council fairly quickly They’re visiting schools and other social institutions we’ve heard about payments offered to persons in leading official positions some community leaders might be on their side I’ve talked this over with neighboring district colleagues but there’s no possibility to intervene I don’t know,” the Kraslava mayor fretted He admits that the region’s low-income residents living near the poverty level are “easier to bait with talk of salvation from the big neighbor,” while local residents who have jobs and automobiles are less susceptible to pro-Russian propaganda the district council chair cited the example of Daugavpils where on the one hand they allow the Eternal Flame to stay permanently lit while children are allowed to take part in pro-Soviet Victory Day marches while officially at school The situation at Kraslava’s Russian-track Varaviksne high school is cited to support the mayor’s claims According to information obtained by Diena “favorable grounds for powers friendly to Russia’s politics” are being prepared at the educational institution Members of the Harmony party are said to have visited there on numerous occasions and spoken against the idea that Soviet Latvia was an occupied national territory and suggested that its current status as an independent republic is only temporary The school has also received substantial donations from the Harmony party An official of the local government who declined to reveal their name told Diena that “the money figures in the thousands the school organizes projects and the administration takes every opportunity to tell the kids how good the party is The first day of school was even taken up by pre-election speeches by a Harmony parliamentarian.” visits to the school by Harmony deputy Jeļena Lazareva have been confirmed by the Educational Quality State Service (IKVD) IKVD leader Inita Juhņeviča pointed out that political parties are permitted by law to donate to schools as long as the funds are used for development or acquiring curricular materials and equipment However the law doesn’t provide for any control mechanisms over how these gestures of giving reflect upon the political mindset of the students Jānis Tukāns of the Latvian-track high school vehemently denied that he would ever let any agitators for Latgale’s secession from Latvia anywhere near the building While acknowledging some palpable presence of pro-Russian ideological provocateurs in the region Tukāns said none of the students at his school had ever hinted of having had contact with such covert propaganda Daugavpils mayor Jānis Lāčplēsis (Unity) on his part told LTV news program Panorama Wednesday that Latgale’s biggest problem with seditious activities inciting national hatred are out in the internet as well as on television rebroadcasts of Russian media in Latvia’s border regions By far the hardest to control are internet blogs “There are cases where clearly this is incitement to hatred,” he said urging the national security authorities to look into this more thoroughly Tuesday’s Lāčplēsis Day events were targeted by certain web-based commentators who ridiculed the holiday by comparing it to Nazism other local government leaders in Latgale province downplayed the Kraslava mayor’s concerns over the region’s security situation Ludza district council leader Alīna Gendele (Latgale Party) said the local scene is ‘all quiet’ except for some elderly supporters of the national Bolshevik Russian-language advocate Vladimirs Lindermanis Zilupe district council deputy chairman Vitālijs Vaļdens (Harmony) responded to Diena’s query with his own rhetoric: “Why is there such a low opinion of our district All of our young people speak perfect Latvian we count some of Latvia’s greatest patriots among us People here are preoccupied with the daily life of their households they don’t have time for any foolishness,” he defended his constituency named after Count Plater, is small and cozy the atmosphere is always warm and family-like We currently have 45 pupils and 22 employees Thirteen of them have the school as the main workplace even if there is a growth: last September there were 39 children," the school's deputy principal Aļona Čiževska told Rus.LSM "At the end of the last century and the beginning of this century But then demographic issues began all over the country There have been talks about closure since 2009 But every time the municipality and Poland found a common stance," Čiževska said Poland actively participates in school life Polish language is taught by native speakers Poland finances their first school bag with the essentials and their parents get a grant of about EUR 150 Poland also supports events in Polish tradition and funds the school's utility bills and stationery The municipality said that Polish passports are held by 16% of the pupils 123 of the students have graduated year 9 in that school About a quarter went on to Polish high schools in Daugavpils and Rēzekne whereas about 75% go on to Latvian high schools and vocational schools Very few choose the local minority school.  Head of the Education Administration of Krāslava commented on the situation as follows: "The deputies adopted a final decision on school closure We sent the documents to the Ministry of Education and Science even if we put lower demands because the school is in the border area The school costs 180 thousand euros a year to the municipality; Poland gave 28 thousand euros last year. Such a school is becoming a luxury we can't afford "There are many problematic schools in the municipality of Krāslava with a small number of pupils but keep an even smaller school in the center of town when there are other schools nearby We offer children to move to the Varavīksne High School [minority school] where they will be able to learn Polish and other subjects related to Polish culture." But both the Polish school teachers and student parents are categorically opposed to moving children to the Varavīksne High School "Similar experience was in Jēkabpils – the Polish school was transferred to the State gymnasium And there are no more Polish schools in Jēkabpils We do not want to repeat its fate.  ll parents signed a letter to the City Council at the end of March and we were supported by the Krāslava section of the Latvian Union of Poles A meeting of the Latvian Union of Poles took place very recently The Union is also opposed to a decision on closure head of the consular division of the Polish Embassy in Latvia confirmed to me that the embassy was looking for ways to solve the problem which we cherish for more than 30 years now The Polish school is one of Krāslava's cherries on top, if it's not here then there will be no Polish culture here either," said Čiževska.  "Count Plater School is a teaching establishment that is of interest to many institutions special funding dedicated to the maintenance of the school has been allocated and for many years these funds have been transferred to the municipality "The embassy of the Republic of Poland in Latvia participates in measures aimed at improving the situation of the Polish school in Krāslava and is in constant contact with all stakeholders in Latvia in order to develop an optimal way forward for the future functioning of the school We are convinced that we will find an appropriate solution to provide children living in Krāslava with the opportunity to learn Polish in agreement with the municipality of Krāslava and the State of Latvia." the Poles were 22 percent of the population when there were 4,283 residents in the city there were 1266 Poles — 29.5 percent the proportion of Poles gradually decreased the Poles represented not less than ten percent of the population – 1,190 out of a total of 11,412 people Take note – story published 1 year and 9 months ago Krāslava was chosen as the first visit with the intention to prove that "Latgale is also an important region of Latvia and that Europe is actually beginning here “Krāslava celebrates its hundredth year I want to visit virtually all the municipalities of Latvia a great interest in getting acquainted with both the conditions of people's lives and their concerns,” the President said Several entrepreneurs of Krāslava municipality spoke about specific problems such as restrictions on Latvian bank lending in Latgale and disagreements with the “Distribution Network” on the amount of electricity needed in the hope of the president's support in bringing up the issues at the government level The representative of the Latvian Rural Consultation and Education Center in Krāslava Ivars Geiba expressed concern about the lack of support for east border farmers.He is also the owner of a peasant farm called “Kurmīši” which deals with the cultivation and processing of organically certified medicinal plants in the border area This holding was also visited today by the President of the State "It feels like the aid that comes from Riga is going to stop at a hundred kilometers and it does not reach the outermost regions Perhaps it is also necessary to strengthen the eastern border: to start distributing funds to give aid directly to regions from the border area More support is needed here in the border area," said Geiba the President of Latvia talked about seeking opportunities to determine the special Eastern Border status for Latgale in the next cycle of the European Union budget planning head of the Krāslava Municipality Education Board there were 33 schools in the municipality of Krāslava with 4,360 learners It is a complex issue at national policy level whether people are needed at all in the eastern border transport and everything else," Miglāne said a separate President's visit to the eastern border area is also planned soon “I'm really worried about what is happening on the border I think that even in the course of the talks today border issues are likely to be on the agenda,” the President of State said The next regional visit to the president is planned next week in Kurzeme heading to the municipality of Kuldīga