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WolffOlins Blog: “What is Latvia and who are the Latvians?”
By admin at 24 August, 2010, 4:52 pm
Over the years Latvia has been many things: an independent Baltic state reliant on agriculture, a small part of the dominant Soviet Union, a vibrant business centre as part of the EU, and – more recently – a country in economic crisis (or stag-do central, depending on your level of interest in current affairs). Understandably, [...]
Read More >>The Riga City Festival will thrill the Baltic metropolis with more than 50 special events
By admin at 16 August, 2010, 5:38 pm
This year’s Riga City Festival will be held from August 20th to the 23rd, offering residents and visitors alike a colourful kaleidoscope of more than 50 special events to choose from. Most of the annual festival’s major events will take place at 11. novembra krastmala (on the right bank of the river), in the Old [...]
Read More >>Bank of Latvia Issues Collector Coin “The Latvian ABC”
By admin at 16 August, 2010, 5:30 pm
Silver coin Face value: 1 lats Weight: 31.47 g, diameter: 38.61 mm Metal: silver of .925 fineness; quality: proof Struck in 2010 by Rahapaja Oy (Finland). Artists: Arvids Priedite (graphic design), Ligita Franckevica (plaster model). Cupro-nickel coin Face value: 1 lats Weight: 12.40 g, diameter: 30.00 mm Metal: cupro-nickel; quality: BU Struck in 2010 by Rahapaja Oy [...]
Read More >>The 6th International musical festival SUMMERTIME – Inessa Galant & Friends, Jurmala, 2010, August 14 – 18
By admin at 9 August, 2010, 6:30 pm
In 2010, August 14th till 18th, Herman Braun Foundation is carrying out a project of the Sixth International Music Festival SUMMERTIME – INESSA GALANTE & FRIENDS taking place in Jurmala. A new tradition has come to Latvia’s musical life in 2005. The famous musicians have taken part in the festival, among them Inessa Galante, Irina Dolzhenko, [...]
Read More >>10th Latvian Youth Song and Dance Celebration in Riga, 6-11 July 2010
By admin at 7 July, 2010, 5:00 pm
For the first time in its history the Latvian Youth Song and Dance Celebration is included into the list of anniversaries with which UNESCO is associated in 2010-2011, thus marking the 50th anniversary of the youth celebrations and their significance for preserving and inheriting the tradition of song and dance celebrations. The Song and Dance [...]
Read More >>Early Music Festival will take place in Rundāle
By admin at 7 July, 2010, 4:57 pm
The annual Early Music Festival will take place in Rundāle and in Riga from the 1st to the 10th of July. It will be a colourful celebration of early music for the whole family! German musical culture will be central to the festival this year. The concert programmes will feature compositions by German baroque masters [...]
Read More >>Minister of Environment Raimonds Vejonis and Mayor of Riga Nils Usakovs will evaluate the heat insulation works of school buildings
By admin at 2 July, 2010, 1:48 pm
On Monday June 28, 2010 at 12:00 the Minister of Environment Raimonds Vejonis and Mayor of Riga Nils Usakovs are going to evaluate the progress of building heat insulation works in Ilguciems Riga Secondary School, 109 Dzirciema Street. As is known, the Ministry of the Environment organizes and provides a major share of funding for [...]
Read More >>Collector Coins of the Bank of Latvia
By admin at 30 June, 2010, 2:08 pm
Money in form, collector coins are in fact miniature works of art featuring the highlights in a nation’s life. Such coins are usually made of gold, silver or other precious metals of especially fine grade. As opposed to currency in circulation, collector coins are usually not intended to be used as a means of payment, [...]
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