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09.05.2011 |
Currently, a record-high number of 11,500 participants from 37 countries have signed up for this year's "Nordea" Riga Marathon, as "Nords Event Communications" Project Manager Inese Kikule informed LETA.
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05.05.2011 |
Starting from 26th of April Swedish airline "Skyways" began flights from International Airport Riga to the second-largest city in Sweden - Gothenburg.
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05.05.2011 |
It is planned that Zebras will return to the Riga Zoo sometime during the second half of May, LETA was informed by the Riga Zoo's information department.
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05.05.2011 |
From June 1 of this year, ''Latvijas Dzelzcels'' (Latvian Rail, LDz), in cooperation with Belarus Rail, will begin a passenger rail line between Riga and the Belarus capital Minsk.
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05.05.2011 |
The widely known nature and science magazine The National Geographic published a photo shoot of Kemeri National Park in a category photo of the day. "Left behind when the Baltic receded millennia ago, the bogs, fens, and woodlands of Kemeri National Park are part of the European Union's Natura 2000 network, which protects 27,000 sites," the magazine reports.
To see photos click here.
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05.05.2011 |
The most famous world music band from Latvia, Iļģi will be performing at the Rainforest World Music Festival which will take place on the 8 to 10 July 2011. They will on stage on Saturday, 9 July or you can join them in one of their workshop sessions.
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26.04.2011 |
Riga, April 19 - Riga Vice Mayor Andris Ameriks (Latvia's First Party/Latvia's Way) said after a meeting with tourism agencies and companies affiliated with the tourism sector that Riga was prepared for a new summer tourism season.
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26.04.2011 |
Riga- It may be Friday afternoon in the Latvian capital Riga, but it is not just the usual end-of-week rush hour causing congestion on Valdemara street, one of the city's main thoroughfares, the MonstersAndCritics.com reports referring to DPA.
A troop of formidable looking older women have set up three rickety tables on the side of the road. On top of them stand dozens of water bottles full of clear liquid.
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26.04.2011 |
It's fund-raising charity event in Riga, organized by Latvia's Blonde Association. Blonde beauties in the Baltic state of Latvia held their first annual Go Blonde in 2009 in an attempt to 'make the world a brighter place'. It started as a one-time stunt but was brought back by popular demand. Organizers at Latvian Blondes Association were so pleased that they are set to make the parade an annual event. As said organizers of event there were 35 teams with 10-20 blond girls from whole Latvia last year. The organization is a Latvian branch of an international movement.
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20.04.2011 |
“What is Latvian food?” you may ask “Pork, cabbage and potatoes” you may think! Organizers of the food tours aim to show travelers that the traditional stereotype of post Soviet cuisine is wrong.
