Other events in Baltic States

Well-known Latvian Director Alvis Hermanis has left the theater ''Thalia Theater'' in Hamburg as a protest against the openness of Germany for immigrants and refugees, the DPA news agency reports, cites LETA.

Hermanis said that immigration policy Berlin is threatening Europe, because in the number of refugees unnoticed can infiltrate the terrorists.

''Thalia'' Theater is one of three state theaters in Hamburg. His manager Joachim Lux stated that the theater supports humanitarian assistance to immigrants, whose number in Germany this year may exceed a million.

"We never imagined that the provision of humanitarian aid to those who need it, could cause the termination of the professional relationship," said Lux, commenting on the departure of Hermanis. He also noted that this is an example of the deep political differences that prevail in Germany.

In connection with the departure of Hermanis, the theater will have to abandon the play, the premiere of which was scheduled next year. However the theater will continue to show another Hermanis production – "Late neighbors", about the life of Jewish immigrants in the United States.