Dear compatriots! Dear friends! Culture is the foundation of the Latvian State. The Latvian State has no special reason to exist if it is not the state of the Latvian nation. The Latvian nation…
On 26 May, at his residence in Jurmala, President of Latvia Egils Levits met with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Tiny Kox to discuss the establishment of…
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…
