Honourable Minister, Dear young people, teachers, and parents, Distinguished laureates of the Atis Kronvalds Award, Ladies and gentlemen! It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you all today in the Festive Hall of the Riga Castle. I must say that this hall rarely sees so many intelligent and talented people, both young and not so young, gathered in one place. I am truly delighted to welcome physicists and chemists, mathematicians and computer scientists, biologists and geographers,…
Honourable Minister, Dear young people, teachers, and parents, Distinguished laureates of the Atis Kronvalds Award, Ladies and gentlemen! It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you all today in the Festive Hall of the Riga Castle. I must say that this hall rarely sees so many intelligent and talented people, both young and not so young, gathered in one place. I am truly delighted to welcome physicists and chemists, mathematicians and computer scientists, biologists and geographers, astronomers and philosophers. You are the ones who have taken part in Olympiads. You are the ones who have become laureates and winners, those who give us full confidence in the future of our country and society, for it is people like you upon whom Latvia and…