16:01 White Nights Festival in St. Peterburg to expand to three months
St. Petersburg's Stars of the White Nights Festival will expand to a three-month extravaganza as part of the Russian city's 300th anniversary celebrations in 2003.

15:56 Art exhibition in St. Petersburg opens anniversary year
An exhibition has been staged at St. Petersburg's Manege hall to feature paintings, etchings, sculptures, decorative objects, and installations that were created by some 500 local artists last year.