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The Baltic Film Days is an initiative that is co-produced by three film institutions – the Latvian National Film Centre, the Lithuanian Film Centre and the Estonian Film Institute – to strengthen cooperation in cinema between the three Baltic States and to raise the audience’s knowledge of films by their neighbours.

The conference will feature speakers from the Baltic States, the Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden and Germany, who will analyse the democratic revolutions of the 1980s in Eastern and Central Europe, their affiliation and the role of the Baltic Way in these events. The conference will also address challenges to democracy in the 21st century.

The anniversary of The Baltic Way will be celebrated on the 23rd and 24th of August near the Latvian-Estonian border in Ķoņi, in the Naukšēni district.

On the 23rd of August from 5 pm, the amateur art and popular music event Brālība. Brolybė. Brotherhood will take place on the Latvian-Lithuanian border in Grenctāle.

Everyone is invited to a solemn yet musical event at the Freedom Monument with the President of Latvia, the Popular Front of Latvia personalities and musicians.

The heavy metal opera tells the story of the legendary Latvian folk hero Kurbads in a modern day interpretation. The performance includes folk/pagan metal band Skyforger and contemporary dance.

At the Garden of Destiny (Koknese) on 24th of August there will be a sunset concert called Sun, Thunder, Daugava, which will feature Baltic folk dance groups, the composer Mārtiņš Brauns, conductor Ivars Cinkuss, choreogratpher Agris Daņļevičs and singers Ieva Akuratere and Dace Micāne-Zālīte.

A premiere of a new three-piece work created by a Latvian, a Danish and a Swedish composer, dedicated to the Carion Wind Quintet and the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra.

The Archives of Latvian Folklore in cooperation with Office Latvia 100 and Radio Latvia opened a long lasting crowd-sourcing event for folklore manuscript transcription, called "Simtgades burtnieki" (Wizards of Centenary).

The campaign "A Special Book for a Special Bookshelf" is an opportunity for everyone to donate a book – of special importance to themselves – to the National Library of Latvia, also writing a message or personal story relating to the book on its title page.

To learn about Latvia, take a trip along the seven paths to the idea of Latvian statehood - the Livs Road, Jacob's path, Freedom Road, the Baltic Way, the Path of the Daugava, the Path of Light, and Māra's Path. These are tourist routes filled with fascinating places, rich farmsteads, and beautiful landscapes.

As a part of the initiative "LV100 Great Trees" (LV100 Dižošanās) everyone is invited to go outside and help find the Great Trees that have yet to be discovered, and, with the help of a special test, to find out which Great Tree best suits your personality.

The programme Latvian Films for Latvian Centenary features 16 long films including six feature films, two animated films and eight documentaries. This initiative is honouring the centenary of Latvia.

The Business Information Centre “Magnetic Latvia” at Riga International Airport has been designed to serve as a stopover for foreign and local guests, be it a businessmen or a diplomat, where one can receive first-hand information from the staff of the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia about business opportunities and top tourist attractions

Project inspired by very popular social network account “Humans of New York” tells about Humans of Avotu Street based in Riga, Latvia.

The exhibition Latvia’s Century is a joint contribution of Latvian museums to reveal 100 years of Latvia and to provide an opportunity to see excellent historical objects stored at the museums in all regions of Latvia – Kurzeme, Sēlija, Vidzeme, Zemgale and Riga.

DZIEDAM VISI VIENU DZIESMU is a studio recording by the Tērvetes Trubadūri and represents our gift to Latvia on her centenary. It includes a variety of Latvian songs expressing our belonging to the country of our ancestors.

BURNING CONSCIENCE will be permanent exhibition on the resistance of the people of the former Cēsis apriņķis (District) against the Soviet and Nazi occupations 1940 – 1957. The Exbition will be open to the public from 23 August 2018.

The National Encyclopaedia is a universal-knowledge, popular-science resource in the Latvian language being compiled on the basis of academic principles.

A permanent interactive exhibition for children and young people about the historical events of the Latvian War for Independence that allow visitors to try out the technical and visual possibilities now available with technology and model building.

Exhibition "Talk to Me!" implies that the contemporary art museum can act as a stage where dialectics of intimacy and political memory can be reinforced in order to elucidate the enigmas of our futures.