On 11 March, President of Latvia Egils Levits welcomed representatives of Ukrainian organisations in Latvia to the Riga Castle for a meeting focused on support to Ukraine provided by Latvia and…
On 9 March, President of Latvia Egils Levits met with Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Mathias Cormann, at the Riga Castle. OECD Secretary…
In appreciation of Mrs Janīna Kursīte-Pakule’s contribution to and promotion of traditional Baltic culture and Latvian folklore, President of Latvia Egils Levits has awarded a Certificate of Merit to…
Dear beloved musicians, ladies and gentlemen, In October of 1944, as sounds of “Dievs, Tava zeme deg” (God, Your Land is on Fire), a cantata composed by Lūcija Garūta, filled the Saint Gertrude…
President of Latvia Egils Levits and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visit Camp Ādaži to meet troops and watch them interact during military training.
Secretary General and I just had an in-depth conversation about how the war waged by Russia in Ukraine has influenced security in the Baltic region and NATO’s eastern flank as a whole. NATO member…
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 First Lady of Latvia, Mrs Andra Levite, visited a group of Ukrainians that arrived in two busses to Latvia on 7 March to escape the war in Ukraine. ‘I would have preferred to meet under…
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,…
