Today, President of Latvia Egils Levits welcomed the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr Justin Trudeau, to the Riga Castle. President Levits underlined the importance of strengthening NATO’s eastern flank…
On 7 March, President of Latvia Egils Levits welcomed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the Riga Castle. Meeting between both officials focused on all current security challenges faced by the…
On 7 March, President of Latvia Egils Levits met with Archbishop Jānis Vanags of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia, His Eminence Alexander Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Riga and all Latvia,…
On 5 March, President of Latvia Egils Levits took part in a support rally ‘We stand with Ukraine! Together against Putin!’ in Riga. In his address to those gathered, President Levits urged Latvians…
On 4 March, President of Latvia Egils Levits met with Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Aigars Strupišs, and Chair of the Saeima Legal Affairs Committee, Juri Jurašs, at the Riga Castle to discuss…
On 27 February, Ukraine submitted a formal application for membership of the European Union. Ukraine's request must be supported. The EU must be courageous and take an extraordinary political…
On 2 March, at 6:00pm, upon the call of Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments (LALRG), several Latvian municipalities held protests against invasion of Ukraine in solidarity with the…
Today, on 2 March, Latvia marks national partisan armed resistance remembrance day for the first time in its history. President of Latvia commemorated national partisans by attending a special event…
On 2 March, President of Latvia Egils Levits visited Balvi and Gulbene regions. One of the stops President Levits made was Gulbene Regional Secondary School where he attended the national defence…
Chapter of Orders, having convened in the Riga Castle for an extraordinary meeting on 1 March, has come out with the following decisions. Chapter of Orders has awarded the Class I Order of Viesturs…