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Duke of Courland’s castle celebrates reopening

LSM - The restoration of several interior rooms of the Bauska castle ruins has been completed, and on Friday the renewed space will celebrate its opening and stay open to the public all day Saturday free-of-charge.
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Riga gainsground as desirable city for international conferences

Thanks to the booming hotel sector in Riga, it is becoming a popular destination for organizations and enterprises to hold their conferences and congresses. The Riga Tourism Development Bureau (RTDB) reports that the Latvian capital already is able to compete with other large metropolises in northern Europe.
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Association: Latvian camp-sites are all full this summer

Because of especially hot summer this year, demand for Latvian camp-sites has increased and all leisure sites are full, says Latvian Camping Association President Linda Bēce.
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''airBaltic'' begins flights to Varna

Latvian national airline ''airBaltic'' has launched its summer flights from Riga to Varna (Bulgaria) in cooperation with the international tour operator ''Tez Tour'', the airline informed the business information portal ''Nozare.lv''.
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"Brussels Airlines" to launch flights to Riga in October

At end-October, "Brussels Airlines" will begin flights from Riga to Brussels, providing six flights a week, "Brussels Airlines" informed "Nozare.lv".
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Mongolia to introduce visa-free travel for Latvian citizens

On the sideline of the official visit to Mongolia by Latvian President Andris Berzins, several intergovernmental agreements were signed between the two countries today, the Foreign Ministry informed.
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''Lux Express'' begins new Riga-Moscow route

From today, "Lux Express", the largest coach company in the Baltic States, will begin a new passenger bus route between Riga and Moscow, the company informed the business information portal ''Nozare.lv''.
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Japanese travel operators arrive in Latvia to discuss cooperation opportunities

At the Foreign Ministry on Monday, diplomat Peteris Vaivars, the current deputy state secretary at the ministry and the former ambassador of Latvia in Japan, opened a special workshop and matchmaking event for Japanese travel operators and representatives of tourism sectors in Latvia, the ministry informed.
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Matiss offers Mongolia to use Riga as intermediate point for flights to Europe

Latvia has offered Mongolia to used Riga as an intermediate point for flights to Europe, Ministry of Transport informed the business portal "Nozare.lv".
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Agreement reached on opening fight route Ashgabat-Riga-Toronto

During his official visit in Turkmenistan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkevics (Unity) has come to agreement on the commercial flight route Ashgabat-Riga-Toronto, as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed LETA.
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Entertaiment & Arts

Producer: many young people come to work in the film industry

Latvia’s film industry has been steadily growing these past several years, and it is especially gratifying that many young people are coming to work in the industry, says director and producer, representative of Film Angels Productions Jānis Kalējs.