December 9th, 20166428245The President of Latvia Raimonds Vējonis and The Prime Minister of Estonia Jüri Ratas met in Riga on Friday to discuss future cooperation.
Ratas has assumed office in late November, and the meeting was scheduled to inform Vējonis of Estonian government's plans.
The new PM of Estonia stressed that the new government would keep to the...
August 29th, 20164451The Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference holds its 25th annual conference on 28-30 August 2016 in Riga. The Latvian parliament is host of this Silver Jubilee edition under the chairmanship of the BSPC-President and President of the Baltic Assembly Prof. Dr. Jānis Vucāns. Around 200 parliamentarians, ambassadors of the Baltic Sea States...
January 25th, 201612253Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis was moved between hospitals in Riga as concerns over his health continued.
After being admitted to Riga Eastern Clinical University Hospital last week with an apparent viral infection, his office said the President was continuing to work from his bed.
However during the next days an update said...
January 13th, 201610447Latvian President Raimonds Vējonis has announced a prime minister candidate Wednesday — nominating Māris Kučinskis for the position.
The decision did not come easy as the President met with potential PM candidates last week and earlier this week. Meetings were held in secret – no names of potential candidates, location or time...