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Youth Dance Festival repertoire checks to begin in March - 6,600 dancers prepare to shock jury with their artistry

230 dance groups with 6,600 dancers will begin marching across Latvia to prove they can do more than just TikTok dances - they can do real steps too.

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Baltic Experts Will Discuss How to Sell Old Bunkers as Airbnb
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Baltic Experts Will Discuss How to Sell Old Bunkers as Airbnb

Conference will teach how to turn Soviet-era military sites into tourist magnets. Karosta has been doing this for years without any conferences.

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Government Gifts Liepāja the Old Rusty Namejs - RTU No Longer Wants to Pay for Scrap Metal Storage
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Government Gifts Liepāja the Old Rusty Namejs - RTU No Longer Wants to Pay for Scrap Metal Storage

Riga Technical University is getting rid of the aging ship 'Namejs', which will now become Liepāja's new tourism magnet and patriotic education center.

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Fifteen Lucky Winners Take Culture Lottery, Remaining Forty-One Cry at Home
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Fifteen Lucky Winners Take Culture Lottery, Remaining Forty-One Cry at Home

In Liepāja's culture competition, 15 winners were selected from 56 applications to receive money for their ideas.

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Liepāja Becomes Latvia's Hollywood: Filmmakers Pay to Spend Money Here
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Liepāja Becomes Latvia's Hollywood: Filmmakers Pay to Spend Money Here

Liepāja City Council has discovered a genius business model - give away money so others will leave even more money here. Riga producers are already lining up.

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Padure's Culinary Diva with Secret Poet's Soul Surprises Everyone: 'I Feel Like a Real Chef!'
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Padure's Culinary Diva with Secret Poet's Soul Surprises Everyone: 'I Feel Like a Real Chef!'

22-year-old Dace not only peels carrots like a professional, but also writes poetry like a true Liepāja rock music muse.

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South Kurzeme Children Invent Legends That Will Make People Forget Even About Riga's Daugavgriva Fortress
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South Kurzeme Children Invent Legends That Will Make People Forget Even About Riga's Daugavgriva Fortress

Young authors in South Kurzeme proved that imagination is more powerful than Riga's cultural budget – they created their own legends and even their own prizes.

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Gatis Maliks receives 'Great Kristaps' award but doesn't know if it will fit on his old shelf
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Gatis Maliks receives 'Great Kristaps' award but doesn't know if it will fit on his old shelf

Liepāja resident Gatis Maliks received the award over the phone because Kalita had 'stolen' him at the theater. Now he's thinking about a new shelf.

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Liepāja Theater Audiences Cry Like at Russian TV Series: Freimanis Play Sold Out to Tears
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Liepāja Theater Audiences Cry Like at Russian TV Series: Freimanis Play Sold Out to Tears

Our theater has proven it can make even those from Karosta cry. The play about Freimanis has become a collective therapy session with tickets.

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At the Stars Festival, such words are heard that even the tram stopped to listen
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At the Stars Festival, such words are heard that even the tram stopped to listen

The 34th International Stars Festival has opened in Liepāja, featuring composers so complex that even Google Translate gives up.

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Dutch Museum Unveils New Rembrandt Painting, But Karosta Has Been Storing Even Better Art Treasures for Ages
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Dutch Museum Unveils New Rembrandt Painting, But Karosta Has Been Storing Even Better Art Treasures for Ages

Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum proudly presents a Rembrandt work lost for 65 years, while in Liepāja our garages house equally valuable masterpieces.

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Ventspils Allocates 15 Thousand to Culture, But Will That Cover One Jazz Concert in Liepāja?
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Ventspils Allocates 15 Thousand to Culture, But Will That Cover One Jazz Concert in Liepāja?

Ventspils municipality promises to support culture with 15 thousand euros, while one café on Putnu Street in Liepāja earns more per day.

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