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26.07.2012 |
LETA
Ugis Praulins' "The Nightingale", one of four compositions featured on recorder virtuoso Michala Petri's and the Danish National Vocal Ensemble's CD, has just earned a 2012 "Echo Klassik" award in the category "World Premiere Recording of the Year".
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26.07.2012 |
Like every year, summer has arrived with a great variety of entertainment options. Music and art festivals in the Baltic region are as popular as they are in such countries as the UK or Denmark, where festival goers have not forgotten this tradition for more than 40 years now.
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11.06.2012 |
Getting trapped in a boring conversation with a fellow passenger aboard a plane could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a flight buddy system developed by Latvia's national airline.
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11.06.2012 |
In October 2010 me and a friend went to Jurmala, in Latvia, for 4 days relaxation in a spa. Jurmala is a summertown with a wide beautiful beach and lots of greenery.
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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 |
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 |
Iberia´s subsidiary Iberia Express on 3 July will commence flights from Riga to the capital of Spain Madrid. There will be two flights a week – on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
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14.05.2012 |
LETA - AFP
A large-scale, sunset-colored painting by Daugavpils-born (southeastern Latvia) painter Mark Rothko fetched USD 86.9 million at auction Tuesday, setting a new record for any contemporary work of art, and headlining a stunningly lucrative night for ''Christie's'' in New York, the AFP news agency reports.
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14.05.2012 |
First Choice launches online competition to find the World's Most Beautiful Country While most of First Choice customers look for white sandy beaches, fringed by palm trees from their holiday destinations, a week into...
