On 21 August, President Edgars Rinkēvičs met with Minister of Defence Raivis Melnis at Riga Castle. During the meeting, they discussed the current security situation in the region, inter-agency…
On 20 August, at the Riga Castle, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs met with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania Mindaugas Sinkevičius who is in Latvia on his first official visit…
On 19 August, President Edgars Rinkēvičs chaired a meeting of the National Security Council at Riga Castle. The Council assessed the current situation along Latvia’s eastern border, the dynamics of…
On August 19, President Edgars Rinkēvičs met with representatives of the development cooperation project of the Supreme Audit Institutions of Latvia, Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
On 17 August, President Edgars Rinkēvičs, Chief of the State Border Guard Guntis Pujāts, and Commander of the National Armed Forces Lieutenant General Kaspars Pudāns visited sections of the Latvian…
On Thursday, 6 August 2026, President Edgars Rinkēvičs reviewed clemency requests of 17 convicted persons. None of the requests were granted. Further information regarding the clemency procedure is…
On 5 August, President Edgars Rinkēvičs met with the Minister for Welfare, Reinis Uzulnieks, at Jūrmala residence. During the meeting, the parties discussed priorities in the areas of demography and…
On 5 August, President Edgars Rinkēvičs met with the Minister for Health, Hosams Abu Meri, at Jūrmala residence. The President listened to the Minister’s views on the next steps in implementing…
On 3 August, President Edgars Rinkēvičs met with the Chair of the Competition Council, Ieva Šmite, at Riga Castle. The parties discussed the measures implemented by the Competition Council to detect…
On 3 August, President Edgars Rinkēvičs met with the Director of the Artificial Intelligence Centre, Guna Puce, at Riga Castle. The parties discussed the Artificial Intelligence Centre’s work to…
