Europe Day celebration “Ode to Joy”

To mark the 20th anniversary of Latvia’s accession to the European Union (EU), the University of Latvia (UL) Culture Centre is inviting to Europe Day celebration “Ode to Joy” that will take place on 9 May 2024 at 13:00 to 14.30, Opera square in Riga (3 Aspazijas boulevard).

Festive atmosphere during the event will be ensured by “Radio NABA” DJ SairaM, UL Wind Band, choir “Aura” and the Ukrainian musician, Head of Ukraine Studies Centre, Ms Viktorija Prituļaka. The guests of the celebration will be addressed by UL Rector Prof. Gundars Bērziņš, Chairman of UL Council Prof. Mārcis Auziņš and Director of UL Culture Centre Ms Indra Trofimoviča.

The participants will also have an opportunity to enjoy the international student photo exhibition “Inspired by Europe”. Eleven works of the exhibition have been chosen in an international photo contest. They represent 10 countries that joined the EU in 2004, as well as Ukraine as the candidate for the EU membership. A dance performance “Ode to Joy” will be another of the celebration’s highlights, presented by students from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Hungary.

Europe Day celebration will take place in the framework of the CAMINO Project “Twenty years of cultural enrichment in reunified Europe”, activity “Europe in Action”.