On 26 June, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs met at the Jūrmala residence with the newly appointed minister of culture Agnese Lāce. During the meeting, the minister informed the President about…
Your Majesty! Excellencies! Ladies and gentlemen! It is a great pleasure and honour for me to welcome Your Majesty to Latvia. I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on the…
Honourable President of the Republic of Estonia, Members of the National Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of Estonia, Dear audience, Latvians and Estonians are close friends, neighbours, and allies…
On 21 June, President Edgars Rinkēvičs met with the Speaker of the Saeima Daiga Mieriņa, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa, Minister of Foreign Affairs Baiba Braže and the newly-appointed Head of the…
On 20 June President Edgars Rinkēvičs considered clemency appeals of 13 convicted persons. All requests were denied. More detailed information about Clemency Procedures available at the webpage of…
Madam Speaker of the Saeima! Madam Prime Minister! Distinguished members of the Saeima! A year ago, in my inaugural address as President of the Republic of Latvia, I outlined my priorities – security…
On 19 June, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs chaired a meeting of the National Security Council (Council) at the Joint Headquarters of the National Armed Forces. The meeting addressed the issue…
On 18 June, President Edgars Rinkēvičs visited Latvia's eastern border and the State Border Guard units in Latgale—Grebņevas and Šķaunes Border Guard posts. During the visit, the President of Latvia…
Diplomat Ilze Milta has accepted President Edgars Rinkēvičs's invitation and will assume the position of National Security Adviser to the President at the end of August this year. Since 1 September…
On 25 June, His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain will pay an official visit to Latvia. During the visit, His Majesty will meet with the highest officials of Latvia - President of Latvia Edgars…
