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Latvian pavilion at "World Expo 2015" now an Italian store

BC, Riga, 11.05.2015.Print version
The land plot which was assigned to Latvia for the international "World Expo 2015" fair in Milan in 2015, is now home to the Italian brand store "Baci" (Italian for "kisses"), according to the newspaper "Latvijas Avize", cites LETA.

More than 140 countries are representing themselves at the international fair, the core theme of which this year is "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life".

 

The plot allocated to Latvia, where the foundation for the pavilion was already set up, is now retailing "Baci" chocolate, sweets, and souvenirs.

 

As reported, the government decided on January 27 that Latvia will not participate in "World Expo 2015".

 

Latvia has taken part in the fair three times so far – in 1935 in Brussels, Belgium, in 2000 in Hanover, Germany, and in 2010 in Shanghai, China.

 

The last two exhibitions did not go smoothly for Latvia. In Hanover, Latvia was criticized for a poorly-prepared pavilion, whereas the Shanghai pavilion was completed at the last minute.

 

A scandal overshadowed Shanghai as the Latvian Investment and Development Agency accused Aerodium, the company that built Latvia's pavilion, of fraud, whereas Aerodium alleged that the agency's head – Andris Ozols, had demanded a bribe from the company.






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