Latvian Culture Society in Graz
10.03.2015

The Latvian Culture Society in Graz was founded in 2004 to gather information about and gather together Latvians living in Graz and its neighbourhood and to strengthen Latvian environment. The work of the Society is oriented towards cultivation of culture values; it is voluntary, politically neutral, non-profit organisation.



The Society management institutions are General Meeting, Board, auditors and arbitrage. The named institutions do their work without any reward.

The work of the Latvian Culture Society in Graz leads the Board. In the Board are 5 members – Chairman, Vice-Chairman, secretary, secretary assistant and cashier.  
The Board is elected to 2 years.

In the society are approx. 45 members.

The Board Chairman of the Latvian Culture Society in Graz is Artis Kalniņš.

 Activities 

Aims of the Latvian Culture Society in Graz are:

  • Organising of different events for Latvians in Graz and Styria and development of Latvian community.
  • Celebration of Latvian national holidays and support of state’s social and political activities in Graz and Styria.
  • Cultivating of Latvian language, traditions and Latvian self-confidence, as well as purposeful Latvian culture values’ learning to children.
  • Promoting of Latvia’s and Austria’s communication in culture and social spheres.

The Latvian Culture Society in Graz organises and celebrates Latvia’s national and traditional holidays, support members’ initiatives in the Latvianity propaganda, promote Latvia’s and Austria’s cooperation in culture sphere, give moral support and help for the nationals in trouble, support Latvian State events for the Latvians living in Graz and its neighbourhood. The Society cooperates with other organisations and societies with similar aims in Austria, Latvia and other countries, as well as with the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in Austria. The Society has its own Home page; it makes its video library, archive, audio library and library.

The Society has its Latvian School „Auseklītis” (Morning Star) in Graz.

  Contacts

Society’s address:
Lilienthalgasse 20a, 8020 Graza, Austria

E-mail: info@glkb.lv 
Tel.: 004369911542750


Home page:
http://www.glb.org.lv
http://www.draugiem.lv/gracaslatviesuapvienba/

Latvian School „Auseklītis” in Graz
Lilienthalgasse 20a, 8020 Graza, Austria

Baiba Vilciņa
E-mail: graz_info@inbox.lv 

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