On 28 January, President of Latvia Egils Levits and Speaker of the Saeima Ināra Mūrniece, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš, Foreign Affairs Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs, Chair of the Saeima Foreign…
As Russia continues to escalate tensions in the region by increasing its military build-up on Ukraine’s borders and in Belarus, chief foreign policy and national security advisers to the Presidents…
On 26 January, President of Latvia Egils Levits issued a statement on the threat of Russian aggression against Ukraine and demands on NATO. Statement by the President of Latvia, Egils Levits, on the…
Compatriots, fellow Latvians and residents of Latvia, For Fatherland and Freedom! Freedom Monument is adorned with statues of Latvian soldiers who fought for Latvia and its statehood in the War of…
President of Latvia Egils Levits commemorated the Latvian freedom fighters by laying a bouquet at the Riga Brethren Cemetery on 11 November, the Lāčplēsis (Bear slayer) Day. ‘This is the day when we…
On 29 September, President of Latvia Egils Levits and President of Slovenia Borut Pahor visited the Slovenian 10eFP base. President of Latvia thanked Slovenian troops for their contribution to NATO…
Honourable Defence Minister, honourable Chief of the Defence Staff, dear graduates, ladies and gentlemen, I Let me congratulate you, the new lieutenants of the Latvian army, on graduating the…
On 15 June, President of Latvia Egils Levits visited Belgian army Kleine Brogel Air Base in scope of his working visit to Belgium. President Levits praised Belgium for its contribution to NATO Baltic…
Honourable Commander, Today is a big day for the Combat Support and Supply Centre and the whole Latvian army. Combat Support and Supply Training Centre has received its own flag. A unit is complete…
Today, President of Latvia delivered a lecture at the NATO Defence College in Rome. In his lecture, titled ‘The Lessons of History and NATO 2030’, President drew attention to past experiences which…
