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The 27th of September - World Tourism Day
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World Tourism Day (the 27th of September) will commemorate this year its 30th anniversary in the vibrant country of Ghana under the theme 'Tourism - Celebrating Diversity'. This year’s theme focuses on the world’s cultural wealth and the important role sustainable t
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International rock festival "Rock Nights 2009"
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On August 7-8, 2009, international rock festival “Rock Nights 2009” will take place on a borderland of Latvia, not far from Daugavpils. It is the biggest rock festival in the Baltic. The festival will occur already for the 7th time – first time it was organized in
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A new relaxation and entertainment centre in Tallinn this autumn
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It is expected to open a new cultural and leisure time centre Solaris on October, 2009 in Tallinn, Estonia. The new entertainment centre, from the founders’ point of view, will be available for persons who are interested in culture and who evaluate modern ways of ente
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Announces the Winner of the Quiz about Lithuania
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On 20 July Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the winner of the quiz “Millennium of Lithuania. Culture and History”. The winner of the main prize is Masha Serebryanaya from Ukraine...
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Estonia invites you to enjoy the wonderful nature of Soomaa National Park
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One of the goals of Estonia’s nature and ecological recreation admirers is to visit the Soomaa National Park. The national park that is located close to Pärnu was created in 1993 in order to protect huge areas of forests and swamps, and to maintain the culture of for
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Project Siluetas LT - tour around Lithuania
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To mark the millennium of Lithuania, I-III form culture management students of Vilnius University Kaunas faculty of humanities, Philosophy and culture studies chair in cooperation with UAB „Telesoftas“ have prepared the project, which maingoal is to organize a hike
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Find out about Vilnius in your Mobile Phone
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Starting from February, 2009 Vilnius Tourist Information Centre is taking part in the project Top10intheCity. Participating in this project provides a great possibility to spread the information about Vilnius virtually as well as in the mobile area. Theproject is dedica
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Ryanair Increases Number of Flights from Kaunas to the UK
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Ryanair brought the first passengers on the renewed flight Kaunas – Liverpool this summer. Ryanair Marketing executive for Nordic and Baltic market Laszlo Marozsi has no doubts that Liverpool is an important destination for Lithuanian travellers as over 300 hundred pe
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International Culture and Ecology Festival Birštonas Gryn Park
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On 3-5 April 2009, the first international festival of petit art forms BIRŠTONAS GRYN PARK will take place in Birštonas. The aim of this festival is to create a cultural landscape perfect for creating and living in...
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The international art exhibition “Longing for nature. European landscapes”
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The Lithuanian Art Museum will hold a press conference in the Museum of Applied Art on 12 March, at 11:00, in order to present the international art exhibition “Longing for Nature. European Landscapes” organised by the cities of Vilnius and Linz following the nation
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Winter will conclude with Vilnius baroque frozen in ice
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On February 21-28, the City Hall Square in Vilnius will feature Icy Baroque. It is a glowing city of ice. It is four or five metre-high ice copies of the most spectacular baroque buildings of Vilnius. It is also magnificent visual projections and the whole bunch of the
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A quarter of million spectators watched the events of the European Capital of Culture in January
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More than a month passed since the day Vilnius and Linz (Austria) became the European Capitals of Culture. Ten projects of culture and art were organised in Vilnius during the first month of the year of the European Capital of Culture that attracted some 250,000 spectat
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4A Code Share: 4 continents, 10 Biennales, 20 artists
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The Code share designates data and service exchanges in the sphere of tourism services between air companies that share passenger lists on the basis of agreement and combine the flights when it is financially justified...
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"Vilnius Heritage of Handicrafts" – reviving spirit of the capital's crafts
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Vilnius opens the project “Vilnius Heritage of Handicrafts” to revive its old handicraft tradition, including twelve educational events, a two-day Bartholomew Fair and publication “Handicrafts in Vilnius: Tradition and the Present”...
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Year of the Museum calendar full of events
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2009 has been designated Year of the Museum in Estonia, with the aim of promoting the country’s almost 250 museums and showcasing their role in the preservation of cultural heritage...
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Tallinn Light Festival Will Brighten January Up
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The capital of Estonia will be the seat of several cultural events in the framework of the Light Festival which will take place in Tallinn until 25 January 2009. The festival opened with turning on the lights in the light sculptures designed by the main guest of the fes
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Contemporary visual art, cinema and jazz will be presented in Vilnius
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January 2009 marks the start of large-scale project ARTscape, which will present the contemporary culture scenes of European countries. Helsinki became the first European Capital of Culture of the 21st century, therefore ARTscape not accidentally starts its program with
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Exclusively safe welcoming of the New Year in Vilnius
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Events of the Programmes of “Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009” and Commemoration of the Millennium of Lithuania’s Name attracted record numbers of people to the streets of the capital city on the New Year’s Eve...
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The center of European cultural life will be transferred to Vilnius and Linz
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On the morning of 1 January the city of Vilnius awoke having become the European Capital of Culture. This title which Lithuania was striving to achieve for more than five years while preparing for the country’s Millennium celebration will belong to Vilnius and Linz (A
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On the New Year‘s Eve the eyes of the world will be cast on Vilnius
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At midnight of the New Year’s Eve attention of the whole world will be drawn by the show of lights and fireworks illuminating the sky above Vilnius – the show will be broadcasted by almost 50 foreign TV companies, and more than 30 media representatives from 12 count
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Plungė will be crowned as the Lithuanian Capital of Culture 2009
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Next year, Plunge will inherit the title of the Lithuanian Capital of Culture from Zarasai. In the national competition Lithuanian Capital of Culture 2009 organised by Public Enterprise Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009, this Samogitian town outrivaled 16 cit
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Is there a way to preserve Lithuania’s historic opportunity in the times of economic crisis?
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In view of the country’s increasingly burdensome economic situation and of the need for budgetary savings, PI Vilnius - European Capital of Culture 2009 suggests revising the 2009 budget of the national programme “Vilnius - European Capital of Culture 2009" approved
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Staff of Vilnius service providers will learn hospitality
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Nearly five hundred taxi drivers, waiters, hotel staff and managers of service companies in the capital city started learning better customer service. They attend free-of-charge sessions offered by the hospitality project “Vilnius’09 Invites” of the National Progr
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Lithuania’s special 2009 to be perfused with light
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On the eve of 2009, Vilnius residents and visitors can witness the unique musical fiesta of dance, sound and light. On the occasion of the opening of the national programme “Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009” and Millennium of Lithuania events, the last n
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Lithuanian capital of culture 2009 contest kicks off
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All Lithuanian cities and towns can already file applications for the national contest Lithuanian Capital of Culture 2009. Plans are to allocate 300,000 litas to implement the best project, which will earn the title of Lithuanian Capital of Culture 2009. The contest...
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Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009 gains special attention in Riga
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On Friday, the 17th of October, PI Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009 delivered the sculpture of a White Angel to Latvian capital Riga as a gift inviting Latvians to visit the events of Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009. This event gained special at
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World Music Days in Vilnius to feature world-known celebrities
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On the 24th of October, Lithuania’s largest festival of contemporary music to date, World Music Days, will start in Vilnius. World Music Days 2008 is the first contemporary music event on this scale not only in Lithuania, but also in the Baltic States...
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Hanseatic Days in Estonian Towns
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Everyone is welcome to visit Hanseatic Days in Pärnu and Tartu, which offer the chance to enjoy Estonian culture through several centuries, in June and July this year.Pärnu Hanseatic Days are held from 27 to 28 June in the park behind the Tallinn Gate and on the Valli
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Culture night "Let There Be Night!" in Vilnius
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This midsummer night fiesta is a celebration of culture and art, of museums and music. Vilnius residents and guests are invited to a cultural nighttime visit of Vilnius, during which they will get dance lessons at night, watch movies under the stars, attend...
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The Residents of Ten European Cities Will be Able to Greet You in Lithuanian
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Hello, we have discovered you, now you should discover us” read 900 posters that appeared in the public transportation stops of Riga (Latvia), Tallinn (Estonia), Stockholm (Sweden), Oslo (Norway), Helsinki (Finland), Paris (France), Hamburg and Stuttgart...
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Switzerland's most popular tourism objects and arrangements
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