Archive for July, 2010
10th Latvian Youth Song and Dance Celebration in Riga, 6-11 July 2010
By admin at 7 July, 2010, 5:00 pm
For the first time in its history the Latvian Youth Song and Dance Celebration is included into the list of anniversaries with which UNESCO is associated in 2010-2011, thus marking the 50th anniversary of the youth celebrations and their significance for preserving and inheriting the tradition of song and dance celebrations. The Song and Dance [...]
Read More >>Early Music Festival will take place in Rundāle
By admin at 7 July, 2010, 4:57 pm
The annual Early Music Festival will take place in Rundāle and in Riga from the 1st to the 10th of July. It will be a colourful celebration of early music for the whole family! German musical culture will be central to the festival this year. The concert programmes will feature compositions by German baroque masters [...]
Read More >>Prime Minister and Foreign Minister: Latvian law enforcement bodies have to do everything not to allow desecration of World War Two victims’ memory
By admin at 7 July, 2010, 4:53 pm
Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and Minister for Foreign Affairs Aivis Ronis are in a quandary and concerned over the decision of 29 June of the Administrative District Court to annul the decision of the Riga City Council not to allow to commemorate on 1 July at the Freedom Monument the Riga liberation from the USSR [...]
Read More >>Latvia provides humanitarian aid to refugees in Uzbekistan
By admin at 7 July, 2010, 4:50 pm
On 21 June, the Cabinet of Ministers supported the allocation of 50,000 lats for the provision of humanitarian aid to refugees in Uzbekistan. Civilian riots that occurred in the south of Kyrgyzstan have resulted in a mass refugee flow across state border, thus creating an emergency humanitarian situation in the border area of Uzbekistan. The [...]
Read More >>Foreign Minister Aivis Ronis to attend informal discussion of foreign ministers on Belgian EU Presidency priorities
By admin at 7 July, 2010, 4:47 pm
On 21 June in Brussels, Foreign Minister Aivis Ronis will take part in a joint discussion of numerous EU member state foreign ministers at the invitation of Belgian Foreign Minister Steven Vanackere regarding the priorities of the upcoming Belgian EU Presidency. During the Belgian presidency, the implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon will continue, introducing [...]
Read More >>Foreign Minister Aivis Ronis establishes posts of honorary ambassadors and appoints economic counsellor to Foreign Minister
By admin at 7 July, 2010, 4:44 pm
At the initiative of Foreign Minister Aivis Ronis, posts of honorary ambassadors have been established in the Minister’s Bureau and have been assigned to former foreign ministers Georgs Andrejevs, Artis Pabriks and Maris Riekstins. “Each of these people have contributed significantly both to the restoration of the state of Latvia and to foreign policy. I [...]
Read More >>An Address by Valdis Zatlers at the Latvian-Slovenian Business Forum
By admin at 7 July, 2010, 4:37 pm
Mr President, Excellencies, Ministers, Businesspeople from Slovenia and Latvia, Ladies and Gentlemen: Welcome to Riga! I am honoured to have this opportunity to talk to participants in the Latvian-Slovenian Business Forum. First I would like to thank the organisers of this event – the Latvian Investment and Development Agency and the Public Agency of the [...]
Read More >>Minister of Environment Raimonds Vejonis and Mayor of Riga Nils Usakovs will evaluate the heat insulation works of school buildings
By admin at 2 July, 2010, 1:48 pm
On Monday June 28, 2010 at 12:00 the Minister of Environment Raimonds Vejonis and Mayor of Riga Nils Usakovs are going to evaluate the progress of building heat insulation works in Ilguciems Riga Secondary School, 109 Dzirciema Street. As is known, the Ministry of the Environment organizes and provides a major share of funding for [...]
Read More >>Prime Minister and Foreign Minister: Latvian law enforcement bodies have to do everything not to allow desecration of World War Two victims’ memory
By admin at 2 July, 2010, 1:28 pm
Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and Minister for Foreign Affairs Aivis Ronis are in a quandary and concerned over the decision of 29 June of the Administrative District Court to annul the decision of the Riga City Council not to allow to commemorate on 1 July at the Freedom Monument the Riga liberation from the USSR [...]
Read More >>The Prime Minister met the Ambassador of Ukraine
By admin at 2 July, 2010, 1:20 pm
On Tuesday, June 22, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis met Raul Chilachava Ambassador of Ukraine to Latvia during his farewell visit. Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis expressed his gratitude to Ambassador Raul Chilachava for his personal contribution to promotion and strengthening of relations between Latvia and Ukraine and listened to the opinion of the Ambassador on the [...]
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