“Discover your own Daugavpils!” video created to popularise the Daugavpils city as a tourism destination in four languages (Latvian, Latgalian, Russian and English) was viewed by more than 83 000 users on the Daugavpils Tourist Information Centre’s Facebook page
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New video about tourism opportunities in Daugavpils has become popular in social networks
28.04.2017
Daugavpils City Council together with Norrkopping municipality in Sweden (lead partner) implements project „Enhancing volunteering actions and quality in Europe” (EVOLAQ) within the framework of European Union Programme “Europe for Citizens”, 2nd activity “Democratic engagement and civic participation”. The project involves 8
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Riga, April 19, 2017 – The U.S. Army Europe Band & Chorus will perform free concerts in Daugavpils and Riga as part of their official visit to Latvia.
The first concert will take place at the Daugavpils Unity House on April 25 at 18:00. The second concert will be in Riga at the Large Guild, on April 26 at 19:00. Admission to both concerts is for free and open to the
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On Friday, April 21 1:00 pm an international seminar – discussion forum of art experts and a press conference dedicated to the New Exhibition Season Opening and the one work exhibition of world – famous norwegian artist Edvard Munch will take place in Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center Video Hall.
In April Daugavpils Marka Rothko Art Center along with the New Exhibition
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Rothko Center celebrates 4th birthday
07.04.2017
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On Friday, April 21 with international seminar-discussion forum of art experts, press conference and ambitious seven new exhibition solemn opening event, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center celebrates 4th anniversary.
The new exhibition season - "Silent Season" at Rothko center will begin with a loud noise, joy and gladness, offering for visitors seven outstanding events in Latvian art,
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On 14-16 March in Daugavpils an international thematic seminar on volunteering actions of multinational society in a multicultural environment took place within the framework of the project „Enhancing volunteering actions and quality in Europe” EVOLAQ. The project is implemented by Daugavpils City Council together with Norrkoping municipality
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Munch meets Rothko in Daugavpils
13.03.2017
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In April a unique event will be marked in the art history of Latvia – an art work by the world-famous Norwegian artist Edvard Munch from the collection of Trondheim Art Museum (Norway) will be exhibited at the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre. It will be the first time that an art work by the Edvard Munch is displayed in Latvia
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On March 3, 2017, 239 representatives of business were brought together in Park Hotel „Latgola”. Out of them, more than 100 were entrepreneurs from Latvia; more than 50 representatives from ministries, embassies, chambers of trade and commerce, development agencies, consulates, the Saeima of Latvia, other SEZ and various foreign missions in Latvia; more than 50 international
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Strong families in Daugavpils!
16.02.2017
Society "Dagood Studio", “Associazione Culturale Eufemia”, “Association Strive”, “ProActiv pentru Comunitate”, “ASOCIACION BUILDING BRIDGES” will run a project “A Treasure Chest of Family Traditions” with support of International Youth program agency within a program “ERASMUS+: Youth in Action”.
The aim of the
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Latgale Special Economic Zone operates from January 2017. In order to present the advantages of Latgale SEZ for business development to the entrepreneurs of Latvia and foreign countries, to exchange experience and to build sustainable business Daugavpils City Council in cooperation with the Latgale Planning Region organizes the informative conference "Business in Daugavpils and Latgale
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OPEN CALL International Art Symposiums
19.01.2017
Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre invites Latvian and foreign artists to apply for Internationa Sculpture, Painting, Ceramics, Graphics, and Textile Symposiums. Deadline for applications for 2nd International Sculpture Symposium is March 7, 2017. Deadline for other Symposiums – March 31, 2017.
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Russian theater artist, decorator, art historian, collector Alexandre Vassiliev private collections exhibition "Charm of the Victorian fashion" at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre (Latvia) will be until 29th of January.
Last November at Daugavpils Marka Rothko Art Center was opened a unique exhibition with high artistic and cultural significance from the Alexander Vassiliev collection,
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The number of visitors to Daugavpils tourist attractions increased during the high tourist season
25.11.2016
Daugavpils City Municipality Tourism Development and Information Agency has compiled data on the number of visitors to the Daugavpils tourist sites between the May 1st and September 30th, 2016 and revealed that the total number of visitors was 231 478 which is by 5 465 visitors or 2, 4% more that in the same period of 2015.
It should be noted that a set
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From 17 till 28 of October at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center will take place 5th International Latgale Graphic Art Symposium.
Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center in collaboration with Art Teachers’ Union in the framework of Rothko Centre’s Residence Program for the fifth
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Daugavpils City Council, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (MEPRD) and SIA “Vides investīciju fonds” (Environmental Investment Fund Ltd.) have concluded an agreement on the implementation of the project „Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Daugavpils preschool educational institution No. 26” (further - project).
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Daugavpils Fortress is a unique place in Daugavpils as well as all around the world. Therefore, we should be proud that there is such significant cultural and historical heritage in our city.
We invite both teachers and students to refresh their knowledge about the history, to find out something new about this place and take part in exciting and entertaining guided tours around
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It was possible for everyone who attended the European Heritage Days to find out what our city was like almost two centuries ago.
The main theme of this event was the 175th Anniversary of the city’s old protective dike.
Daugavpils museum opened a photo exposition right on the street. More than 60 photos are helping to restore the past.
The problem of
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On the October - 9th the Ministry of environment and Regional development informed about the results of “European landscape Prize” contest, organised under the General Secretary of European Council. The winning national selection was the project presented by Daugavpils. For our city it is an honour to represent the country in the contest at European level.
This year there
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The collaboration of Daugavpils City Council and Trondheim (Norway) develops successfully
09.09.2016
The delegation from the city of Trondheim in Norway visited Daugavpils. This visit is the next step in the development of partnership ties between the two cities.
The idea for this partnership arose during the seminar „Opportunities of Cooperation between the Municipalities of Norway and Latvia”, which was held in our city last year. Today, already, in the framework of
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