Dear beloved musicians, ladies and gentlemen, In October of 1944, as sounds of “Dievs, Tava zeme deg” (God, Your Land is on Fire), a cantata composed by Lūcija Garūta, filled the Saint Gertrude…
President of Latvia Egils Levits and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visit Camp Ādaži to meet troops and watch them interact during military training.
Secretary General and I just had an in-depth conversation about how the war waged by Russia in Ukraine has influenced security in the Baltic region and NATO’s eastern flank as a whole. NATO member…
Today, President of Latvia Egils Levits welcomed the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr Justin Trudeau, to the Riga Castle. President Levits underlined the importance of strengthening NATO’s eastern flank…
On 7 March, President of Latvia Egils Levits welcomed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the Riga Castle. Meeting between both officials focused on all current security challenges faced by the…
On 7 March First Lady of Latvia, Mrs Andra Levite, visited a group of Ukrainians that arrived in two busses to Latvia on 7 March to escape the war in Ukraine. ‘I would have preferred to meet under…
On 7 March, President of Latvia Egils Levits met with Archbishop Jānis Vanags of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia, His Eminence Alexander Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Riga and all Latvia,…
On 5 March, President of Latvia Egils Levits took part in a support rally ‘We stand with Ukraine! Together against Putin!’ in Riga. In his address to those gathered, President Levits urged Latvians…
On 4 March, President of Latvia Egils Levits met with Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Aigars Strupišs, and Chair of the Saeima Legal Affairs Committee, Juri Jurašs, at the Riga Castle to discuss…
On 27 February, Ukraine submitted a formal application for membership of the European Union. Ukraine's request must be supported. The EU must be courageous and take an extraordinary political…
