Archive for July, 2010
The Prime Minister of the three Baltic States have sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama
By admin at 27 July, 2010, 5:18 pm
On Friday July 23, Valdis Dombrovskis, Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia, Andrus Ansip, Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia, and Andrius Kuilius, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania, sent a letter to Barack Obama, President of the Unites States of America, to mark the 70th anniversary since the former U.S. Secretary [...]
Read More >>Foreign Minister Aivis Ronis: Latvia’s priority in context of NATO reform and Strategic Concept is politically united and operationally capable alliance
By admin at 20 July, 2010, 3:32 pm
On 14 July, Foreign Minister Aivis Ronis met with Admiral James Stavridis, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). During the meeting, the parties discussed NATO’s internal reforms, the new Strategic Concept, and the operation of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. “Maximum use should be made of the process for the development of [...]
Read More >>The Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of Germany acknowledges that the common agricultural policy should become fairer
By admin at 20 July, 2010, 3:29 pm
On Monday, July 12, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis met Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of Germany Ilse Aigner and discussed the common agricultural policy of the European Union (EU) after 2013 as the most important issue, particularly emphasizing the need to review the direct payment system. V.Dombrovskis noted that with regard to [...]
Read More >>President Zatlers: Development of Relations between Latvia and Serbia Has a Tremendous Potential in All Areas
By admin at 20 July, 2010, 3:25 pm
Today, July 13, in Belgrade started the state visit to Serbia by the President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers and Mrs Lilita Zatlere. During the first visit in history by the President of Latvia, Valdis Zatlers met with his colleague President Boris Tadic after the official welcome ceremony at the Palace of Serbia. At the talks [...]
Read More >>Citadele will inspire people and businesses for development
By admin at 20 July, 2010, 3:18 pm
The brand of the new bank – Citadele, was presented on 1 July 2010. The new brand was created in order to inspire people and businesses for development and facilitate growth of this region. The new bank Citadele was established according to the decision of Cabinet of Ministers on restructuring of Parex banka. The new [...]
Read More >>The Prime Ministers of Latvia and Poland agreed to further expand a well-developed cooperation and mutual support
By admin at 13 July, 2010, 5:06 pm
On Thursday, July 8, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis met Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk to discuss the bilateral cooperation between both countries and economic situation in the region. During the discussion, both Prime Ministers acknowledged that the relationship between the countries is good and friendly and should be further strengthened and expanded. Prime Minister [...]
Read More >>Foreign Minister Aivis Ronis: Uzbekistan is important partner to Latvia, EU and NATO
By admin at 13 July, 2010, 4:58 pm
On 6-7 July, during his working visit, Foreign Minister Aivis Ronis met with the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan, Vladimir Norov, and the Minister of Defence, Kabul Berdiev. The Latvian and Uzbek officials discussed the bilateral political dialogue, economic co-operation, an expanded dialogue between the European Union and Central Asia, and the stability issues in the [...]
Read More >>Foreign Ministers of Latvia and Israel give positive valuation to development of bilateral relations
By admin at 13 July, 2010, 4:50 pm
On 5 July, Foreign Minister Aivis Ronis met with Avigdor Lieberman, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel, who was on a working visit to Latvia. Foreign Minister Ronis expressed satisfaction that the period of 18 years since the establishment of diplomatic relation has seen a dynamic development [...]
Read More >>Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis participates in the meeting of Latvia’s Honorary Consuls
By admin at 13 July, 2010, 4:38 pm
On July 8, in Rīga, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis addressed the Honorary Consuls of Latvia emphasizing their role in developing the economic cooperation between Latvia and foreign countries. V.Dombrovskis said that the economic stabilization and future growth is based on the support for export entrepreneurship and redirection of the EU structural funds’ funding, export guarantees [...]
Read More >>The Wild Blue Yonder
By admin at 7 July, 2010, 5:04 pm
Most people don’t know that Latvia has mountains and even fewer know that they are blue. Actually, Latvia has several “Blue Mountains” on its landscape and even a popular play called “Blue Mountain Marta”. But only one of Latvia’s “blue mountains” can be seen from distant Estonia and is located in the Slītere National Park, [...]
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