On 23 May, President of Latvia Egils Levits considered clemency appeals of 18 convicted persons. No pardons were granted. For more details on clemency procedures, go to Presidential Chancery webpage,…
Speaker of the Saeima, Honourable members, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great honour for me to open today's forum. Energy has rightly been at the centre of our attention in recent years. Initially,…
Dear Mr. Nils Konstantinovs! Dear conference organizers and participants! Good morning, dear young people! I will start my speech with a quote: "Young people now love luxury, have bad manners and…
On 19 May at the Riga Castle, President Egils Levits awarded the Order of the Three Stars, Third Class, to Vija Celmiņš, a Latvian painter living in New York, for her outstanding merits to the field…
On 19 May, at Riga Castle, President Egils Levits and Mrs Andra Levite congratulated the winners of the campaign "Looking for a good general practitioner" - general practitioners and general…
Dear Mrs. Irīna Januma! Dear colleagues and listeners! Today I have the honour to speak at your seminar on support for breast and cervical cancer screening reforms, the responsibility of Latvian…
Excellencies, I For almost 75 years, the Council of Europe has been a beacon of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. Today, Russia is writing a bloody page in European history. …
On 16 May in Reykjavik, President of Latvia Egils Levits met with President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel to discuss European security issues and, in particular, the current situation in Ukraine…
On 16 May in Reykjavik, before the opening of the Summit of the heads of states of the Council of Europe (CoE) member states, President of Latvia Egils Levits met with the President of Iceland Guðni…
Dear friends! Dear Latvians! There is no other nation in the world where the state and the nation are so closely intertwined with song. The Song Festival, or as it was then called, the Singing…
