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An enthusiastic Latvian team has been hard at work since February, 2007 translating the 1.0x and 1.5 versions of Joomla, a popular Content Management System (CMS), into the Latvian language.

As a result its popularity has grown from a handful to several hundred Latvian Web site implementations many of which can be viewed in the catalogue on their JoomlaLV Web site.

It also poses a serious challenge to the home-grown CMS or SVS (Satura Vadības Sistema) software developed in Latvia, because Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone and has more flexibility than its Latvian counterparts.

Kudos to easyJet.com for providing a Latvian language option on their Web site. Although they currently only fly from Berlin to Rīga they seem to be the only overseas-based airline to have made the effort to provide their information and online booking in Latvian.

Even Ryanair who are planning to invest considerable millions into Rīga is yet to provide a Latvian language version.