 | the Sunday Times I'm firing an Uzi (Mike Peak, February 18, 2007) .... "Shooting an Uzi feels like shooting a pistol", says Ivo Gubanov, a Latvian tour guide, of the tidy 18.5 in weapon. He has been showing parties of Brits how to make confetti of paper targets fot three years. "It's surprisingly light .... More information... |
 | the Irish Times Go west, young Latvians (Dereck Scally, March 2006) ... Ireland had its wild geese, but soon around 10'000 wild storks will return to Latvia to rear their young in their telegraph-pole homes. "If you have strong family ties here in Latvia it's like a nest," says my translator, Ivo. "This is where you want to raise your children." More information... |
 | FHM Shooting in Riga (Anna Hart, February, 2005) LATVIA'S ONE OF those countries where they haven't got round to banning a lot of things yet. Which was how they sold it to me. "You can shoot machine guns in a nuclear bunker under the snow" is a good enough reason to go anywhere, .... More information... |
