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07.06.2012 |
LETA
Today, a rare Corn Bunting (Miliaria calandra) was seen in the village of Ciemupe in Ogre Region (central Latvia), which most likely nested in Latvia once before, but returns only on rare occasions, according to information on the Latvian nature portal ''dabasdati.lv''.
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07.06.2012 |
LETA
Polish film director Sergei Loznitsa's feature film "In the Fog" has won the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, as film studio "Rija" representative Andra Jakovica told LETA.
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07.06.2012 |
Challenging a bit the classical idea of beauty, Latvia has been chosen as the world’s most beautiful country by an online competition released last month by First Choice.
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07.06.2012 |
Nozare.lv
The number of visitors to the Riga Motor Museum has doubled in two years thanks to the museum's marketing activities, as the museum's director Aivars Aksenoks (All For Latvia!-For Fatherland And Freedom/LNNK) says in an interview with the business portal "Nozare.lv".
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07.06.2012 |
LETA
New Riga Theater (Jaunais Rigas teatris) Director Alvis Hermanis has been named among the top ten European theater personalities of the decade in a survey by the Swiss cultural magazine "DU", the theater's advertising department head Dagnija Grinfelde told LETA.
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07.06.2012 |
For the 16th year in a row the Konventa Sēta Hotel will host a huge summer wine festival in its extensive medieval courtyard in the heart of Old Riga.
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07.06.2012 |
LETA
During the Krzysztof Kieslowski Awards ceremony for the Best Eastern and Central European Script at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday, Martins Slisans' screenplay for the feature film "The Apartments" took home the top honor, the first such achievement in the history of Latvian cinema.
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07.06.2012 |
LETA
The book series for young adults by Latvian author Maris Putnins called ''Mezonigie piragi'' has become quite popular in Germany recently, even making the Top 10 list of best selling books in Berlin bookshops.
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07.06.2012 |
LETA
Event in Latvia - the "Nordea" Riga Marathon, Kenya's Kurgat Titus Kipkorir and (for the ladies) Russia's Iraida Alexandrova, crossed the finish line first in the full distance 42.195 km race.
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07.06.2012 |
LETA
Latvia held its 8th annual Night of Museums last night, with 133 nationwide staying open till the wee hours.
