The region of Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the CIS and Baltic countries, is one of the most dynamic tourist destinations. The number of interesting activities and events that occur in this vast space is numerous. Something new appears literally every second. The Travel News of Poezdka.de is an attempt to select the most interesting, exciting and peculiar events. Festival of balloons in the Czech Republic, opening of a new hostel in Gdansk, frog running world championship in Belarusian Polesye or events at the famous Ukrainian rave Kazantip festival in Crimea - all these topics are worth to be found on our latest news headlines.
At the same time Poezdka.de tries not to deviate from the traditional tourist canons. The lion's share of our news consists of events associated with the opening of the exhibitions, hotels, new resorts, tourist routes, and airlines and hauliers news.
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Holidays in the Czech Republic: glass festival in Hradec Kralove
For the sixth time Hradec Králové, which is located in Eastern Bohemia, invites connoisseurs of glassblowing and ceramics. Here on the beautiful Tyla waterfront will be held the traditional festival of glass and ceramics (Nabrezi keramiky a skla 2012).
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WOODSTOCK rock festival will be held in Ukraine
One of largest European rock festivals, WOODSTOSK, for the first time will be held in Ukraine in the Vinnytsa region on the Kalinovsky airfield from 28 to 30 of August.
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Holidays in Bulgaria: free excursions in Plovdiv
Free tours in Plovdiv will be organized in English, so for many Russian-speaking tourists this proposal is free of charge only at first glance. Because they will have to pay for the English courses in order to understand the guide.
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Online booking boom in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the region with growing interest in online booking of hotels and other tourist accommodation. The data published by the PhoCusWright agency suggest that the increase in the number of online bookings is growing each year.
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New excursions for tourists In Lviv
Lviv, which is experiencing football madness of Euro 2012, prepared for tourists and football fans not only a variety of sports entertainment, but also numerous excursions to the most interesting sights of the city.
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Croatian resort will host Garden Festival
Croatia is preparing for the sixth club music festival - The Garden Festival. But this time it will take place in Tisno (during previous five years The Garden Festival was held in the resort town Petrcane in northern Dalmatia)
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"Bialystok-Grodno" festival of Polish and Belarusian songs will be held in Poland and Belarus
XIX Annual Festival of Polish and Belarusian songs "Bialystok-Grodno" will take place near the Polish-Belarusian border in Bialystok (Poland) and Grodno (Belarus).
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Holidays in Macedonia: music festival in Ohrid
The Ohrid Summer Festival originates from a concert, which took place in 1961 in the church of Saint Sophia. Since then the festival has increased in scope and popularity (for 16 years Ohrid Summer art festival has been a member of the elite European festivals association), while its scenes hosted such great musicians and bands of our time as Leonid Kogan, Igor Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sviatoslav Richter, Ennio Morricone, Paul van Dyk, Mikhail Pletnev’s Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra of Israel.
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The best rock festivals in 2012 from Poland to Croatia
Large-scale music festivals are among the brightest events in the tourist life of Central and Eastern Europe. The current summer season promises a lot of wonderful events for the fans of contemporary music.
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Vampire’s skeleton will be exhibited in Sofia
Vampire’s skeleton, which was found near the Bulgarian resort of Sozopol and caused a sensation, will be exhibit at the National Museum of History in Sofia. According to museum director Bozidar Dimitrov, the skeleton will be available for public in the coming weekend.
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Ukraine changed its customs laws
The first day of June will bring to Ukraine not only summer heat and long-awaited holiday season, but also new customs code. New customs code, designed to simplify movement of citizens through the Ukrainian border, will come into force on June 1. The new law will not only significantly reduce costs, as well as the number of customs officers, but also greatly simplify crossing of the Ukrainian border.
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Entertainment festival started in the Czech Republic
The main event of the celebration will be the fifteenth festival of fireworks IGNIS BRUNENSIS, which is considered to be the largest in Europe and one of the best in the world. This year it will be held on the dam lake near the city. The dam itself with the lake creates a natural amphitheater, where special seats will be installed.
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Croatia will inspect cleanliness of its beaches
Croatia, which is famous by its crystal clear waters and stunning beaches, continues active work on maintaining the status of one of the most environmentally friendly resorts in Europe. Before the coming tourist season Croatian authorities have begun to check water quality and beaches of the Adriatic Sea.
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Exhibition of photographs by Rene Magritte is being held in Krakow
Picture of a pipe with the inscription "It is not a pipe"; a huge eye, in which iris are floating clouds in the summer blue sky (False Mirror, 1929); a man in a bowler hat amid boundless sea, which face is covered with juicy green apple (The Son of Man, 1964).
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Bulgaria will spend 150 million euros for the castles
Bulgaria intends to start a large-scale reconstruction of its historic monuments. Today across the country there are hundreds of colorful historical sites that require serious restoration. Castles, churches, houses and villas in Bulgaria will receive state support this year. The country intends to invest about 300 million levs (150 villion Euros) in restoration of monuments. According to bTV channel, the largest part of this sum will be granted by the European Union.
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Sky Team alliance and Aeroflot announced release of Go Russia Pass
Sky Team global alliance and the largest air carrier Aeroflot announced new unique service for international passengers - "Russian travel" or "Go Russia Pass".
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Ukraine and Turkey introduced a visa-free regime
The Ukrainian government has confirmed the information on establishing visa-free regime for the Ukrainian citizens traveling to Turkey.
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Croatian Islands: Antique Festival on Lošinj
During the festival, which will last four days, residents and resort guests can visit the exhibition of ancient pottery and jewelry, take part in numerous events devoted to the ancient Greece, including the ancient hairstyles competitions, Greco Roman wrestling, presentation of Greek gastronomy and underwater archaeological tours in the coastal waters of Lošinj for the divers. During the festival many hotels will offer their guests special programs - Roman baths and massages.
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Free Wi-Fi will appear in the Kiev subway
On the eve of Euro 2012 Kiev metro is planned to be equipped the free Wi-Fi internet access. Kiev metro administration has developed a special investment project to begin a full-scale work on development of the Internet infrastructure
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Latvia hosts biggest beer festival in Baltics
On 25-27 May 2012 the Second International Beer Festival, Latviabeerfest, will take place in central Riga, at the Vermanes Garden. All the major Latvian breweries will be participating alongside with the best European beer brands
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Bulgaria opens its consulate in Frankfurt
Bulgaria opens new consulate in Germany, which will be located in Frankfurt am Main. This information was reported by the Bulgarian media on Tuesday citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country.
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Accor will open a new hotel near Yaroslavl
Today the leading international hotel operator Accor Group has signed a contract to manage a new Mercure hotel, which will be built in the Yaroslavl region as part of a large-scale project on creating unique Yaroslavl Coast resort in central Russia. The agreement was signed with the project investor Agranta group of companies.
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Macedonia is waiting for the world’s richest man
Macedonia invited the world's richest man Carlos Slim from Mexico. The country's authorities intend to offer Slim implementation a number of joint projects in energy, hotel, mining and telecommunication industries.
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Health-improving holidays in Croatia are becoming more popular
Croatia is becoming increasingly popular region not only for beach holidays. The country is gaining popularity in health tourism industry.
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The day of March 8 in Russian cities
The day of March 8 in 2012 is a holiday, which is traditionally widely celebrated in Russia. This year on March 8 in Moscow and a number of other Russian cities will be held special events and exhibitions to mark the International Women's Day.
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Turkish Airlines will fly to Kharkov
Turkish Airlines announced opening of a new flight to Kharkov. It will connect one of the largest cities in Ukraine with Istanbul. The first flight on the new route is scheduled for March 13.
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Avalanches in Tajikistan blocked mountain roads
Heavy snowfalls and avalanches have caused temporary closure of several mountain roads in Tajikistan, damaged several houses and caused the death of a truck driver.
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Croatia plans to create its own Silicon Valley
It is possible that during the next few years Croatia can create an analogue of the Silicon Valley. The title of the Croatian programming capital can be claimed by one of the largest cities in the country - Osijek.
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LOT airline forbidden its flight attendants to wear crosses
Polish Airlines, better known as LOT, has officially banned its employees to wear the symbol of the Roman Catholic Church - Catholic crucifix.
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Art train will run from Sofia to Varna
In order to support prestigious title of the "European cultural capital" of the two Bulgarian cities Sofia and Varna in early spring a propaganda train will be launched from the capital of Bulgaria. It has already been called the "Art train", because it will carry representatives of different art directions.
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