The head of Latvia Andris Berzins believes that in order to find a replacement before passing in Jurmala festival " New Wave ", "yurmalina" and " wailing Kivinen ", it will be necessary to make efforts.

" needless to say, this tense situation has affected policy, it is clear to everyone.(Festivals KVN, "yurmalina" and "New Wave" ) provided Jurmala fairly constant influx of tourists, and, accordingly, large income. Needless to say, it is bad that these festivals not continue, and we all probably need to put a lot more effort to still do something, what can these contests to be replaced. I think of the possibilities is to create enough, and life from this, by itself, will not stop. Will work, " said Berzins in an interview to the portal mixnews. Lv

Russian Comedy festivals "wailing Kivinen and yurmalina on Tuesday officially cancelled the reservation date to enable events in the concert hall "Dzintari" in Jurmala In the current year. First it was announced that the contest of young singers "New Wave" moves from Jurmala in Sochi.

"New Wave" with participation of stars of the Russian and foreign music since 2002 was held in Jurmala in July. Last year, yesterday the opening contest of the Latvian foreign Ministry has included in the "black list" of banned in the country of singers Joseph Kobzon, Oleg Gazmanov and singer Valery in connection with their statements about the events in Ukraine and the position on the annexation of Crimea to Russia.

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