On 2 June, the President of Latvia Egils Levits met with the President-elect Edgars Rinkēvičs. During the meeting, they discussed the current political situation in the government, as well as foreign…
Dear President of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Dear Archbishop, Mr. Zemītis, Mr. Streičs, Ladies and gentlemen, In my speech, I will try to emphasise those issues which are important for the…
Today at the Riga Castle, President of Latvia Egils Levits thanked the players, coaching staff, support staff and management of the Latvian national ice hockey team for their historic victory at the…
Dear compatriots! Dear friends! Culture is the foundation of the Latvian State. The Latvian State has no special reason to exist if it is not the state of the Latvian nation. The Latvian nation…
On 26 May, at his residence in Jurmala, President of Latvia Egils Levits met with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Tiny Kox to discuss the establishment of…
On 23 May, President of Latvia Egils Levits considered clemency appeals of 18 convicted persons. No pardons were granted. For more details on clemency procedures, go to Presidential Chancery webpage,…
Speaker of the Saeima, Honourable members, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great honour for me to open today's forum. Energy has rightly been at the centre of our attention in recent years. Initially,…
Dear Mr. Nils Konstantinovs! Dear conference organizers and participants! Good morning, dear young people! I will start my speech with a quote: "Young people now love luxury, have bad manners and…
On 19 May at the Riga Castle, President Egils Levits awarded the Order of the Three Stars, Third Class, to Vija Celmiņš, a Latvian painter living in New York, for her outstanding merits to the field…
On 19 May, at Riga Castle, President Egils Levits and Mrs Andra Levite congratulated the winners of the campaign "Looking for a good general practitioner" - general practitioners and general…
