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Secretary of State Teikmanis Invites Businesses to Expand Cooperation with Gulf States
By admin at 1 February, 2012, 11:31 am
On January 25, at a round table discussion entitled “Latvia’s Export Opportunities in the Gulf States (the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait),” hosted by the Foreign Ministry, Secretary of State Andris Teikmanis invited businesses to expand cooperation with the Gulf States. Contributing to the discussion were the Ambassador of Latvia to Kuwait, Ilgvars Kļava, [...]
Read More >>Latvia, Czech Republic to Defend Mutual Interests Regarding EU Multi-Annual Budget
By admin at 25 January, 2012, 4:49 pm
On Wednesday, January 18, in conversation with the new ambassador of the Czech Republic to Latvia, Pavol Šepelák, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis emphasized the need to strengthen fiscal discipline in order to stabilize the euro zone. The prime minister and the ambassador also agreed on readiness of the two countries to cooperate to defend common [...]
Read More >>New Italian Ambassador Makes Introductory Visit to MFA Secretary of State
By admin at 18 January, 2012, 10:47 am
On January 11, the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andris Teikmanis, met with the new Ambassador of Italy to Latvia, Giovanni Polizzi. Both parties spoke highly of bilateral cooperation. The Secretary of State noted that Latvia was interested in enhancing cooperation with Italy, notably in view of Latvia’s Presidency of the [...]
Read More >>In New Year’s Speech, Dombrovskis Underscores Completion of Fiscal Consolidation
By admin at 4 January, 2012, 10:45 am
In his speech on New Year’s Eve, Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis underscored that Latvia has overcome the financial crisis and called on people to take part in the upcoming referendum on the official language in Latvia, the Baltic News Service reported. According to the Riga-based newswire, Dombrovskis said that we have a reason to [...]
Read More >>IMF: International Financial Aid Program is Delivering on its Main Objectives
By admin at 27 December, 2011, 6:24 pm
The international financial aid program is delivering on its main objectives, David Moore, the resident representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Latvia, said in an interview with the Baltic News Service. “The Latvian program is now delivering on its main objectives. If you look at what those objectives were at the start of [...]
Read More >>Latvian and Lithuanian PMs: Visagina NPP is a Beneficial Project for the Baltic States
By admin at 7 December, 2011, 6:22 pm
On December 2, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and Prime Minister of Lithuania Andrius Kubilius in conversation confirmed that the Visagina Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) will be an economically viable and advantageous project for the people of the Baltic States. The most important prerequisite of Latvia for the construction of the Visagina NPP has been the [...]
Read More >>Swedish Ambassador, Rinkēvičs Discuss Visit by Sweden’s Foreign Minister
By admin at 1 December, 2011, 6:33 pm
On November 24, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs met with the Ambassador of Sweden to Latvia, Mats Staffanson, to discuss the visit to Rīga by Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on November 28. The parties emphasized the intensive Latvian-Swedish political dialogue, a proof to that being a broad exchange of visits high-level. Foreign Minister Bildt’s [...]
Read More >>Cabinet of Ministers Award Presented to Five Distinguished Individuals
By admin at 22 November, 2011, 5:24 pm
On November 17, 2011, a day before Latvian Independence Day, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and the members of his cabinet presented the Cabinet of Ministers Award to five distinguished individuals. This is one of the highest awards given by the Latvian government for a remarkable contribution to the country’s development. The Cabinet of Ministers Award [...]
Read More >>Prime Minister Calls on Czech Republic to Defend National Interests in EU Budget
By admin at 15 November, 2011, 1:28 pm
On November 4, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis held a meeting with the Ambassador of the Czech Republic, Tomáš Pštross, as part of his farewell visit. The officials expressed gratitude for previous successful bilateral relations in different areas and expressed readiness to cooperate in defending interests of both countries in the EU’s multiannual budget for 2014-2020. [...]
Read More >>Āboltiņa Becomes Second Speaker in Latvian History Re-elected for a Second Term
By admin at 25 October, 2011, 9:38 am
On Tuesday, October 18, Solvita Āboltiņa was elected as the Speaker of the 11th Saeima; thus she has become the second Speaker of the Saeima in the history of Latvia who has been re-elected as Speaker after the election of a new parliament, reported the Saeima Chancellery press service. By a secret ballot, 51 MPs [...]
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