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Nov

10

Winners of the Great Baltic Travel awarded with prizes

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On November 6th, Reval Hotel Lietuva hosted the closing conference for the project the Great Baltic Travel. The conference presented results of this year’s international tourism project and held a prize draw for the big winners of the Project. The main prize went to a participant from Lithuania Laura Rakutienė. Three prizes of the Baltic States went to Linda IImjarm (Estonia), Dace Stalaza (Latvia), and Arnas Radzevičius (Lithuania).

“The Great Baltic Travel is one of the most fascinating and successful projects in the recent years organized by the Lithuanian State Department of Tourism, the Latvian National Tourism Development Agency, and the Estonian Tourism Board for the third year. The Project strives to promote domestic tourism, attract more tourists to the Baltic States, and shape the image of the region as full of tourism opportunities,” says Nijolė Kliokienė, Director of the State Department of Tourism.

Lithuanian results of the Projected were presented by Ieva Lukšėnaitė, Chief Specialist of the Marketing Division at the State Department of Tourism. According to Ms Lukšėnaitė, involvement of participants was very active – it is evident not only from the number of travellers who registered on line (as many as 25 thousand people), but also from significantly increased visitor flows as pointed out by the curators of the sites included in the Project.

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Nov

10

Fragment of the Berlin Wall in Vilnius!

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On the 9th of November 2009 the world is celebrating one of the most important events in the recent history: 20 years since the fall of the Wall of Berlin. The Berlin Wall was the physical barrier separating the East Germany from the West Germany - The Eastern Europe from the Western World. The destruction of the wall symbolizes the fall of socialism.
The 9th of November, 1989 is the date the Wall fell. In the days and weeks that followed the segments of wall were rapidly chipped away. Presently, not a lot of the Wall is remained at its original site. Many segments have been given to various institutions (universities, museums, governmental buildings) all around the world since its fall. Along the tourist areas of the city center, the German government has marked the location of the former wall by a row of cobblestones in the street.
On this occasion - 20 years anniversary of the fall of the Wall of Berlin, the German Embassy in conjunction with the Goethe Institute in Lithuania gave a unique gift – the fragment of the Berlin Wall - to Vilnius city.

On  the 9th of November  the fragment of the Berlin Wall was opened at the European sculpture park in the presence of German Ambassador in Lithuania - Hans-Peter Annen, Vilnius Mayor’s  assistant - Vidmantas MARTIKONIS, companies which organized this project, the press.

Nov

9

airBaltic Introduces Check-in Fee

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On November 16, the Latvian national airline airBaltic will introduce a fee of EUR 5 per passenger for check-in at the airport. Members of the BalticMiles loyalty programme will continue to be able to check in for free.

airBaltic President and CEO Bertolt Flick: “airBaltic wants to offer additional privileges to members of the BalticMiles loyalty programme. Free check-in at the airport is another way of encouraging people to sign up for the programme. We are confident that BalticMiles points will become a parallel currency in future, because increasing numbers of partners will be joining the programme and members will earn and spend points almost everywhere - when talking on the phone, filling up petrol in your car, buying milk and bread, or using dry-cleaning services, for instance.”

Passengers who do not yet have a BalticMiles card will be able to join the loyalty programme right at the check-in counter at the airport, in order to avoid the fee. The EUR 5 check-in fee will take effect on November 16. It will apply to passengers in economy class who have purchased their tickets after the announcement of the new rules on November 4.

The check-in fee will not be charged from passengers with reduced mobility, children up to the age of 12, and passengers who check in on the Internet. The fee will also be waived for passengers departing from airports at which Web check-in is not available.

The BalticMiles loyalty programme:

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Nov

6

Festive concerts “The Queen Symphony”

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Date: December 26-27, 2009
 
Organizers: The Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra 
One-part concerts

“The Queen Symphony”
Symphony for orchestra, choir and soloists
Written after the songs by Freddie Mercury and Queen (arranged by Tolga Kashif, orchestrated by Julian Kershaw)

Saulė Rinkevičiūtė, violin
Rūta Rinkevičiūtė, piano
Vita Šiugždinienė, cello
Kaunas State Choir (leader Petras Bingelis)
Ąžuoliukas Choir (leader Vytautas Miškinis)
Conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius

The music performed by the legendary Queen band helps us to forget the routine and worries of every day life and the festive days are enveloped by an unusual aura. Several years ago, the orchestra performed “The Queen Symphony” which was written in 2002 and today the admirers of this symphony will have the pleasure to listen to and to see the music by the legendary band again. With many sound effects, unexpected performances of soloists and the theatrical voices of the choir, the performers promise unforgettable impressions.

Ticket prices: 50; 60; 80; 100; 120 Lt.

Nov

6

Three-dimesional view projection at Vilnius City Hall

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Date: November 7, 2009

Venue: Vilnius City Hall

This Saturday, November 7, 19 - 21 h, the inhabitants and guests of Vilnius will have a chance to see a special three-dimensional view projection specially designed for Vilnius City Hall.

Even though in other countries this kind of “moving” and “live” buildings, created with the help of view projection, are not a novelty, in Lithuania it will be showed for the first time. The projection was created by four profesionals - Danish project director Allan van O.T. Andersen, Lithuanian electronic music composer Simonas Sližys, interactive games creator Bartas Polonskis and three-dimensional animation specialist Simas Chomentauskas. During the event, the visitors will be able to try three-dimensional games.

Nov

4

3 interesting exhibitions will be held in “Litexpo” Exhibition Centre on 13-15 of November

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Date : November 13-15, 2009
Venue : Lithuanian Exhibition Centre „Litexpo“, Laisves ave. 5, Vilnius, Lithuania
Organiser :  Lithuanian Exhibition Centre „Litexpo“
INTELLIGENT HOME 2009 
     Smart house – a new step in the evolution of comfort!
      Dynamic and ever-renewing market of domestic appliances and electronics introduces a number of exclusive surprises every year. Therefore, it is vital to be the first to introduce the latest trends, to establish and maintain contacts with colleagues, partners, customers.
      Ideal venue for achievement of this target is a new exhibition Intelligent Home organised by the Exhibition Centre LITEXPO, which is the only exhibition of this kind in the Baltic States. The idea of the exhibition was to introduce future vision of our home, which can be achieved with the help of advanced technologies and innovative solutions. The exhibition Intelligent Home represents not only individual and everyday improving electric technical devices, but their control systems as well.
      The Third exhibition held in 2008 received 33 exhibitors from Lithuania, Estonia. The exhibition was visited by 30 thousand people. The interest in the exhibition was immense and nearly all the exhibitors stated in the questionnaires that the exhibition fulfilled their expectations. This year, the exposition of the exhibition is planned to occupy the whole new pavilion No. 3 of Litexpo and to receive the same big flow of visitors.
Thematic classification of the exhibition INTELLIGENT HOME
* DOMESTIC APPLIANCES AND ELECTRONICS
* IT HOME SOLUTIONS - HOME NETWORKS, PROGRAMMABLE CENTERS, WIRELESS EQUIPMENT
* PERSONAL COMPUTERS, GAMES, EDUCATIONAL, INFORMATIONAL, ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE
* HOME CONTROL SYSTEM
* HOME SECURITY SYSTEMS
* ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION SYSTEMS

HOUSEHOLD 2009 

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Nov

4

A symphony concert The Kaunas State Choir is 40

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9 November 2009, 6:00 pm, Kaunas Philharmonic Hall

20 November 2009, 7:00 pm, Vilnius Congress Concert Hall

 Antonin Dvořák. Cello Concerto in H minor, op. 104

Carl Orff. Cantata “Carmina Burana”

 ALEKSANDR KNIAZEV, cello

JOANA GEDMINTAITĖ, soprano

EDMUNDAS SEILIUS, tenor

VYTAUTAS JUOZAPAITIS, baritone

Kaunas State Choir (leader PETRAS BINGELIS)

Conductor GINTARAS RINKEVIČIUS

The Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra and maestro Gintaras Rinkevičius will perform together with its partner, the Kaunas State Choir, one of the country’s most professional choirs, which is celebrating its jubilee. It has collaborated with many world famous orchestras such as the Paris, Bordeaux, Moscow, St Petersburg, the Collon theatre orchestra in Argentina and many others. The choir has performed under the baton of such distinguished conductors as Yehudi Menuhin, Justus Frantz, Ivo Raičev, Dmitri Kitayenko, Vladimir Fedosejev, Yuri Bashmet and others. The National Prize winner Professor Petras Bingelis has led the choir since its very first days in 1969.

The orchestra and the choir have implemented many memorable musical projects over the years that the two collectives have collaborated. This concert is a special occasion with the participation of the extraordinary cellist, Aleksandr Kniazev. The musician with world fame, he is adored for his irreproachable interpretation of music of various periods and styles and the unique sound of his cello.

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