Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Riga Latvia EU Capital of Culture in Europe in 2014

Valentina Pop writes at EUobserver:

EUobserver / Riga says it can handle expense of being EU Capital of Culture

"Despite slashed budgets and economic woes, Latvia's capital, Riga, is confident of being able to raise the necessary funding for a series of cultural events in 2014, when it is due to become the European capital of culture, its mayor told this website."

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Centuries-Old Shipwrecks Found in Baltic Sea : Discovery News

Centuries-Old Shipwrecks Found in Baltic Sea : Discovery News, March 9, 2010:
"A gas company building an underwater pipeline stumbled upon several wrecks, some dating back 800 years."