On 27 June at Riga Castle Matīss Vingris, Justice of the Riga City Court, gave the judicial oath to President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs. “In undertaking this job, you undertake a great…
On 27 June at Riga Castle President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs presented a Certificate of Merit to actress Anta Krūmiņa to mark her 90th birthday and honour her lifetime contribution to culture and…
On 26 June, Edgars Rinkēvičs, President of Latvia, met at the Jūrmala residence with Alen Simonyan, President of the National Assembly of Armenia. The President expressed appreciation for the…
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…
