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''Wizz Air'' to begin flights between Riga and Bergen

Hungarian low-cost airline ''Wizz Air'' will begin flights between Riga and the Norwegian city of Bergen next spring, Riga International Airport informed the business information portal ''Nozare.lv''.
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"airBaltic" will have Malta as destination come spring

On May 11 next year, the Latvian airline "airBaltic" will launch a new route from Riga to Malta. The new route will offer convenient travel between the two airports, and beyond to destinations in the Baltics, Scandinavia, Russia, and the CIS.
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"airBaltic" to launch flights from Riga to Olbia

On May 4 next year, national airline "airBaltic" will launch a new route from Riga to Olbia on the Italian island of Sardinia, the airline informed "Nozare.lv".
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"airBaltic" to launch flights from Riga to Larnaca in Cyprus

On April 6 next year, national airline "airBaltic" will launch a new route from Riga to the tourist resort of Larnaca in Cyprus, the airline informed the "Nozare.lv" business portal.
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Riga Christmas market fifth best bargain option for British shoppers in Europe

Out of 10 European Christmas markets, Riga offers the fifth best buy for British holidaymakers, according to the European Christmas Markets Barometer by the British retail post office company "Post Office Ltd".
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''airBaltic'' to begin flights to Prague

Come January 1, the Latvian national airline ''airBaltic'' will begin direct flights between Riga and the Czech capital Prague, the airline informed the business information portal ''Nozare.lv''.
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Jurmala sees a 14% rise in tourist numbers so far this year

From January to September this year, a total of 102,956 tourists visited the Latvian coastal resort city of Jurmala, which is by 14,907 or 14.47 percent more when compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB).
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Tower of St.Trinity church in Jelgava

The historical record of 1522 testifies that there was a small wooden church in the place of the current tower of the Holy Trinity Church. In 1574 Gotthard Kettler, the Duke of Courland and Semigallia, ordered a new masonry church to be built, believed to have been designed by Dutch building master Joris Joriszn Frese.
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Independence Day should remain dry

Autumn like weather conditions will remain in the forecast this weekend and next week, with cloudy but mostly dry weather in the forecast, LETA was informed by the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center.
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Four-day light festival "Staro Riga" kicks off

The fifth annual festival of light "Staro Riga" (Beaming Riga) will kick-off once again in Riga tonight and continue until November 18.
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Staro Rīga Light Festival
Staro Rīga offers an international programme of light and multimedia installations. Buildings, squares, bridges and monuments turn into unique pieces of light art, supplemented by performance art and musical and theatrical elements.
Entertaiment & Arts

Vivid selection of Latvian culture on offer in Tartu for 9 days

The Estonian city of Tartu is hosting nine days of selected Latvian culture events up until the centennial of Latvia on November 18. The events begun on Friday with the opening of the photography exhibition by internationally acclaimed photographer Zaiga Šteina.