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Latvia and Pakistan Express Willingness to Expand Bilateral Cooperation
By admin at 11 October, 2011, 2:22 pm
On October6, Rīga hosted the Latvian-Pakistani political consultations, at which the Latvian delegation was led by the head of the Economic and Bilateral Relations Directorate of the Foreign Ministry, Jānis Mažeiks, and theP akistani delegation was led by the Deputy State Secretary of the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan, Abdul Basit. The Latvian side noted a [...]
Read More >>Latvian Government to Sign Protocol of Intent with IBM
By admin at 21 September, 2011, 4:26 pm
On Monday, September 12, a meeting of the representatives of IBM and the Latvian side was held in the Cabinet of Ministers with a view to discuss the cooperation in the area of research. As the result of the meeting, the sides agreed to sign the Protocol of Intent in order to start joint work [...]
Read More >>Dombrovskis Meets with PM of Montenegro Igor Lukšić to Discuss Cooperation
By admin at 8 September, 2011, 11:56 am
On August 31, Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia Valdis Dombrovskis held a meeting with Prime Minister of Montenegro Igor Lukšić to discuss the current issues of cooperation between the two countries. Prime Minister Dombrovskis noted that Latvia is following the progress of Montenegro on its way towards the European Union (EU) and NATO [...]
Read More >>Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis: Germany’s support to Baltic states is significant and deeply symbolic
By admin at 31 August, 2011, 12:05 pm
On 24 August, foreign ministers from the Baltic states and Germany convened for a meeting in Binz, on Ruegen Island, Germany. The participants examine a number of topics of current interest for the Baltic Sea Region and the European Union: Germany’s presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, the financial and economic situation [...]
Read More >>PM Dombrovskis Meets with Outgoing Canadian Ambassador Scott Heatherington
By admin at 24 August, 2011, 9:46 am
On August 17, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and Canadian Ambassador Scott Heatherington met for a farewell visit, as the Ambassador’s term in office has expired. The Prime Minister and the Ambassador shared the opinion that Latvia and Canada have established close and good relations in many significant areas. However, there is still much unused potential [...]
Read More >>PM Thanks the Swedish People for Support in Restoration of Baltic Independence
By admin at 17 August, 2011, 9:52 am
On August 15, in Norrmalmstorg Square in Stockholm, where several hundred people had assembled, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis expressed gratitude to the Swedish people, who 20 years ago in 79 meetings – also known as the Monday Meetings – supported the Baltic countries’ efforts to restore their independence. “Tack, mina vånner [Thank you, my friends!],” [...]
Read More >>Over LVL 0.5 million collected on visa applications at Latvia’s diplomatic missions in July
By admin at 9 August, 2011, 12:05 pm
The number of visa applications received this July at the diplomatic and consular missions of Latvia abroad has increased by 7%. Accordingly, 24,097 visa applications were received in comparison to 22,591 applications at the same period last year. In July 2011, 565,219.86 LVL were collected in state duties for the examination of visa applications, while [...]
Read More >>Work towards closer cooperation of Latvian and American companies
By admin at 26 July, 2011, 2:56 pm
During the working visit in the United States of America on July 13-22, Valdis Dombrovskis, Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia, presented to American businesses and finance sector representatives concrete proposals for cooperation of Latvian and American companies; the delegation of Latvia included more than 40 entrepreneurs from Latvia representing such sectors as IT [...]
Read More >>Outgoing President Zatlers Organizes Farewell Event, Tells People Not to be Afraid to Dream
By admin at 5 July, 2011, 3:24 pm
During his farewell event on the evening of Sunday, July 3, on an island in the Daugava River near the town of Koknese, outgoing Latvian President Valdis Zatlers told people that they should not be afraid to dream, reports BNS. According to BNS, despite heavy rain, several thousand people gathered at the garden memorial and [...]
Read More >>Valdis Zatlers: „It Is Necessary to Seperate Politics from Business and to Reduce the Gap between Society and State Authority”
By admin at 21 June, 2011, 4:18 pm
On June 16, in his last address to Saeima president Valdis Zatlers stressed that separating politics from business is the most urgent task. He also pointed to a gap between society and state authority. Zatlers went on to say that unlike other pre-election periods when politicians are reluctant to take unpopular measures that might put [...]
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