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29.04.2013 |
LETA
Riga will celebrate the May 4 Restoration of Independence Day with various concerts, athletic events, art and music performances, events for children, and the traditional "flower carpet" at the Freedom Monument.
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29.04.2013 |
LETA
In anticipation of the XXV Latvian Nation-Wide Song and XV Dance Festival to be held in Riga from June 30 to July 7 and in cooperation with Latvian Embassy to Ireland and the Latvian Society in Ireland choir ''eLVç'', the second Latvian Culture Days will take place in Ireland on May 4 and 5 in the Temple Bar district of Dublin, LETA was informed by the Foreign Ministry's press and information department.
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29.04.2013 |
LETA
The Mark Rothko Art Center will hold its ceremonial opening at the former Arsenal Building at the Daugavpils Fortress in Daugavpils (southeastern Latvia), LETA was informed by the art center's marketing specialist, Inga Goldberga.
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19.04.2013 |
Nozare.lv
The United States' TV producer, author and personality Ashley Colburn will be working in Latvia in May to shoot five video stories about Latvia; the project is organized in collaboration with the State Tourism Development Agency, Sigulda Town Council, Liepaja City Council and national airline "airBaltic".
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19.04.2013 |
LETA--AFP
As spring melts away a long winter deep in Latvia's vast forests, the stillness is almost imperceptibly broken by a rhythmic drip, drip, drip. A small black tube protrudes from the trunk of a leafless tree growing among spruces, birches and pines. Trickling from it, into a plastic bag suspended below, is a clear, sweet, watery sap which has been one of this country's most popular drinks for centuries.
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19.04.2013 |
LETA
"Hansalink Limited", a subsidiary of the Estonian shipping company "Tallink Grupp", and Finnish shipping company "Viking Line ABP" came to an agreement on the purchase of "M/S Isabella".
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19.04.2013 |
LETA
The Latvian pop-rock band ''Brainstorm'' (''Prata Vetra'') will perform at this year's Glastonbury Festival in the United Kingdom, where they will take the stage the same day as the legendary ''The Rolling Stones'', the newspaper ''Diena'' reports today.
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02.04.2013 |
LETA
The XXV Nationwide Song and XV Dance Festival, which will take place in Riga from June 30 to July 7, will gather over 40,000 participants, the director of the Latvian National Culture Center Dace Melbarde said during a special press conference.
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02.04.2013 |
Nozare.lv
Three Riga hotels - ''Elefant Hotel'', ''Gertrude'' and ''Old Riga Palace'' have joined the ''Wellton'' hotel chain, the on-line news portal ''Freecity.lv'' informs.
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02.04.2013 |
LETA
Several popular groups, including the critically-acclaimed "The xx" from Great Britain, will perform at the "Positivus" music festival this year, as festival organizers informed LETA.
