University of Latvia is a public research university located in Riga,Latvia. The university was established in 1919.
Central European University is a private research university with a campus in Vienna and a non-degree,research and civic engagement presence in Budapest. The university offers intensive graduate and undergraduate programs in the social sciences and humanities,and is known for its low student-faculty ratio,and a highly diverse international student body. Admissions are classified as highly selective with an acceptance rate of 13%. All CEU programs and courses are accredited in Austria and the United States.
The Union of Greens and Farmers is an agrarian political alliance in Latvia. It is made up of the Latvian Farmers' Union,Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party,and For Latvia and Ventspils.
Roberts Zīle is a Latvian economist and politician and Vice President of the European Parliament for the National Alliance,a free market national conservative right-wing populist political party in Latvia. In the seventh term of the European Parliament,he works in the European Conservatives and Reformists group;he is a member of European Conservatives and Reformists Group Executive and a member of the group Bureau. He was formerly vice-president of the now defunct Union for a Europe of Nations group.
Per Anders Åslund is a Swedish economist and former Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is also a chairman of the International Advisory Council at the Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE).
Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš is an American-Latvian politician who served as the prime minister of Latvia from 2019 until 2023. A linguist and businessman by profession,he previously served as Latvia's minister of Economics and a Member of the European Parliament. Born in Wilmington,Delaware,United States,to parents who had left Latvia during the Soviet occupation,he was active in the American Latvian community throughout his youth.
Maris Valainis is an American construction consultant and a former actor,best known for his role in the 1986 film Hoosiers. He portrayed Jimmy Chitwood,a basketball player who makes a last-second shot to win the 1952 Indiana state high school championship. Bobby Plump accomplished that feat in 1954.
Ainārs Šlesers is a Latvian business oligarch and politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia,as well as Deputy Mayor of Riga. Currently he is a member of the Latvian Parliament with his political party,Latvia First,holding 9 seats in the parliament.
The Latvia national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Latvia and is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation.
The Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies,previously Latvia University of Agriculture,is a university in Jelgava,Latvia,specializing in agricultural science,forestry,food technology and related areas.
The Reform Party,until April 2012 known as Zatlers' Reform Party,was a centre-right political party in Latvia founded by former President Valdis Zatlers on 23 July 2011. It won 22 seats in the Saeima in the 2011 election.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for maintaining the Republic of Latvia's external relations and the management of its international diplomatic missions. The current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Baiba Braže.
The Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia is the leading state administrative institution responsible for economic policy in Latvia. The ministry also represents the economic interests of Latvia in the European Union.
Egils Levits is a Latvian politician,lawyer,political scientist and jurist who served as the tenth president of Latvia from 2019 to 2023. He was a member of the European Court of Justice from 2004 to 2019.
For a Humane Latvia,previously known as Who Owns the State?,is a right-wing populist political party in Latvia. Since 2022,its a member of the Union for Latvia alliance together with the Heritage of the Fatherland party.
Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 1 October 2022,following the end of the term of the 13th Saeima elected in 2018.
Events of 2020 in Latvia.
Semigallia is one of the five multi-member constituencies of the Saeima,the national legislature of Latvia. The constituency was established in 1922 when the Saeima was established following Latvia's independence from the Soviet Union. It consists of the city of Jelgava and municipalities of Aizkraukle,Bauska,Dobele,Jēkabpils,Jelgava and Tukums in the region of Semigallia. The constituency currently elects 13 of the 100 members of the Saeima using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 parliamentary election it had 205,937 registered electors.
The 2022 NATO virtual summit was a meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of NATO held virtually,on 25 February 2022. The meeting took place at the request of the Latvian and Estonian governments,following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,which had begun a day earlier. The request was pursuant to Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty,which requires consultations when "the territorial integrity,political independence or security of any of the parties is threatened."
Kaspars Melnis is a Latvian politician of the Latvian Farmers' Union serving as Minister for Climate and Energy since 2023. He previously served as councillor of Rēzekne Municipality and as a member of the Saeima.
