On 20 May, the President of Latvia Egils Levits considered clemency appeals of 17 convicted persons. No pardons were granted.More information about Clemency Procedures is available from the webpage…
On 15 May, during a remote ceremonial sitting marking the 30th anniversary, Latvian Academy of Culture (LAC) announced its decision to confer an honorary degree of Professor honoris causa upon the…
Egils Levits President of Latvia By opening the internal borders, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have restored the ‘little Schengen’ in Europe. Starting today, the six million inhabitants of Baltic…
President of Latvia Egils Levits and President of Israel Reuven Rivlin discussed bilateral relationships between the two countries in a video call today. Latvia and Israel share close and fruitful…
On Saturday, 16 May, President of Latvia and Patron of the Big Cleanup Day, Egils Levits, will take part in cleanup activities near the Estonian border in Žuldiņas, not far from Valka. To support the…
President of Latvia Egils Levits and Minister for Culture Nauris Puntulis, State Secretary of the Ministry of Culture (MoC) Dace Vilsone, Ministry’s Undersecretary Uldis Zariņš and Chair of the State…
President of Latvia Egils Levits and President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili discussed current cooperation between Latvia and Georgia, European Union (EU) Eastern Partnership and fight against…
On 5 May, President of Latvia Egils Levits met with the Speaker of the Saeima and leaders of all parliamentary groups to share his views on possible modernising of Section 81 of the Constitution of…
Good afternoon, Congratulations to organisers of the Elements of artificial intelligence campaign and our Finnish partners. This extensive and ambitious project will allow about 20 thousand Latvians…