Fellow countrymen, Eighty years ago, events that unfolded in the dark of night mercilessly destroyed the lives of 15 443 Latvian citizens. Our country was occupied and Soviet Union had turned its…
On this day 80 years ago, Soviet forces occupying Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania carried out a mass deportation. Tens of thousands of people, including the elderly and children, were torn from their…
On 13 June, President of Latvia Egils Levits, who is currently in Brussels for the NATO summit, met with the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Presidents of both countries remarked positively…
President of Latvia Egils Levits will attend the NATO Brussels Summit on 14 June and will also have bilateral meetings with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip and Prime Minister of Canada Justin…
On 11 June, President of Latvia Egils Levits sent a letter to the Saeima and Cabinet of Ministers. In this letter President Levits identifies key steps that Latvia needs to take to enhance the…
On 11 June, President of Latvia Egils Levits chaired a Constitutional Council meeting in the Riga Castle to discuss current priorities of constitutional institutions with their heads. Prime Minister…
On 11 June, President of Latvia Egils Levits hosted the Speaker of the Saeima and leaders of parliamentary groups at the Riga Castle for a discussion on foreign policy coordination required to…
On 10 June, President of Latvia Egils Levits met with the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of Poland, H. E. Mr Zbigniew Rau, at the Jūrmala residence. This was the first visit of the Polish…
Esteemed Madam Nagobads-Ābola, Congratulations on your birthday! As minister just said, you are as old as our country and have gone through the same perils. I do believe you are the role model for…
On 9 June, President of Latvia Egils Levits met with Minister for Agriculture Kaspars Gerhards at the Riga Castle to discuss the agriculture policy of Latvia and the European Union (EU). Egils Levits…
