**Latvia faces epic basketball match against Spain**
Latvia's men's basketball team faces another epic challenge September 1 with a match against reigning champions Spain in the second round of the FIBA World Cup in Jakarta.
**LTV goes mushroom hunting**
If you don't know a mushroom, then it's not edible – that's how to decide on what to eat, according to mycologist Inita Dāniele, reports Latvian Television.
**Historic plane on display at Rīga airport**
At Riga International Airport, a replica of the I-12 plane built by the legendary Latvian aircraft constructor Kārlis Irbītis, designed in 1937, has been unveiled, Latvian Television reported on August 30.
**Three for the weekend: Parties, poets, punks and plays**
The number of summer weekends remaining to us this year is rapidly diminishing, so make sure to make the most of this one. Luckily, there are plenty of different things to choose from. Here's our weekly pick of just three of them.
**Latvia's World Cup warm-up stays on track with another win**
The Latvian men's basketball team, continued their preparations for the forthcoming World Cup finals, with a friendly against the Dominican Republic in Rīga on Saturday.
**Huge 'puzurs' on display in Sigulda**
Around 100,000 straws have been incorporated in a giant 'puzurs' made by Ārija Bērze, which will decorate the great stage of the cultural center Siguldas Devons in August.
**Happy 800th birthday, Limbaži!**
The pleasant town of Limbaži celebrates its 800th anniversary this weekend, with a long list of celebratory events planned to mark the occasion.
**Kids invited to participate at World Road Running Championships in Rīga**
On September 30, the World Running Championships in Riga will be opened by Children's Day events at the Freedom Monument, in which up to 5,000 juniors will be able to participate in short distances of various lengths.
**Valmiera Summer Theater Festival takes center stage**
Latvia's northern city of Valmiera is the place for theater lovers to head to this weekend with the staging of the annual Summer Theater Festival on August 4, 5 and 6.
**Three Festivals for the Weekend in Latvia**
This weekend in Latvia is particularly festival-rich. Here are just a few of them that you might like to check out.
**Boom in Latvian beer production**
As all credible people already know, Latvian beer is the best in the world, and according to the latest Eurostat figures released to mark World Beer Day on August 3, the production of beer in Latvia appears to be booming.
**Mushroomers and berry pickers urged not to get lost in the woods**
Persons on the hunt for tasty wild edibles in Latvia's extensive forests are being urged to take a few precautions to ensure they don't end up as the ones getting eaten – or at least wandering around in a state of distress.
**Latvia starts basketball World Cup warm-up series with a win**
Latvia's preparations for the basketball World Cup later this month took a positive step forward August 2 with a victory over Sweden in a warm-up match in Liepāja.
**Artistic team leave positions at Latvian National Theater**
Following the lead of the chief artistic director Elmārs Seņkovs, other high-ranking staff have left the National Theater, Latvian Radio reported August 2.
**Coach Vītoliņš to keep heading Latvian hockey team**
Harijs Vītoliņš has extended his agreement with the Latvian Hockey Federation (LHF) regarding further work with the Latvian national team. The agreement with Vitolins was signed for two years, according to a statement from the federation.
**Six Latvian sporting highlights for August**
Sport is currently riding high in Latvia, and with summer in full swing there are plenty more sporting activities to get involved with, whether as a participant or spectator. The LSM sports department has drawn up a list of half a dozen highlights.
**Personnel changes at Latvian National Theater as artistic director Senkovs exits**
Theater director Elmārs Senkovs will leave the post of artistic director of the Latvian National Theater, Latvian Television reported August 1.
**Let them eat cake, says Latvian capital**
As part of Rīga's annual city festival, a grand cake-off will take place in August with bakers and patissiers from far and wide battling for iced sponge supremacy.
**Latvian pair become Baltic beach volleyball champions**
On Sunday July 30, the Baltic championship in beach volleyball ended on Liepāja's beach, where Latvia's Mārtiņš Pļaviņš and Edgar Točs were crowned champions in the men's competition after defeating Estonia's Dmitry Korotkov and Urmas Pikk.
**Experimental archaeology takes root in Rīga with flying tomatoes**
Many people associate the word 'archaeology' with an image of people armed with a trowel and a brush standing in an excavation trench, patiently unearthing historical evidence layer by layer. However, in addition to this, there is also another type of research – experimental archeology – which involves making artefacts and testing techniques in order to better understand the technologies of the past.