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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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"Airbaltic" increased number of flights during winter season

National airline "airBaltic" entered the winter season with an increased number of flights in its network.
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Celebrations the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
Entertaiment & Arts

20 000 Euro Prize Money Paid out to Artists

On 6 July, awards ceremony and opening of the juried exhibition “Martinsons Award” marked the end of the 2nd Latvia International Ceramics Biennale. The biennale was part of the Latvian centenary programme and was organised with a view to developing contemporary ceramics as a discipline, promoting cooperation among the Baltic states and commemorating the artistic legacy of Pēteris Martinsons, who is widely considered the father of Latvian contemporary ceramics.