LETA

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LETA is the largest Latvian news agency . It is based in Riga .

history

LETA was founded in Liepāja soon after Latvia's independence in 1919 as the state news agency Latopress . In 1919 she moved to Riga and came under the influence of the Latvian Foreign Ministry. In 1920 it was reorganized and renamed to Latvijas telegrafa agentūra LETA; Until the Soviet occupation of Latvia, the management was in the hands of the journalist Richards Bērziņš, who was successful as a writer under the stage name Richards (from 1940: Rihards) Valdess ( Richard Waldess ). In the course of the first mass deportation on June 14, 1941 , he was deported by the Soviets to Solikamsk , where he died on February 20 at the age of 53.

During the occupation of Latvia by the Soviet Union from 1940, LETA was a subsidiary agency of the Soviet Telegrafnoye agentstwo Sowjetskogo Sojusa (TASS). During the German occupation of Latvia from 1941 to 1945, the news agency was subordinate to the German News Agency (DNB).

From 1971 the TASS branch in Riga operated under the name Latinform . On May 31, 1990, TASS was separated and the name LETA was restored . LETA was privatized in 1997, and Mārtiņš Barkāns and Agris Strautnieks became the owners.

services

LETA operates various portals for the transmission of messages, image and video files under the umbrella of its Internet presence, including “nozare.lv”, a portal for business news. LETA offers media monitoring services and advice on press releases. The business school "Turiba", the business newspaper "Kapitals" and the magazine "Izulītība un kultūra" ( education and culture ) are connected with LETA .

Sources and web links

  • LETA (Latvian, Russian, English, viewed August 20, 2011)