Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Riga Latvia as European Capital of Culture in 2014

Valentina Pop writes at EUobserver.com in 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."