13 Oct - Two NATO Summit hosts meet in Prague

The President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga met the former President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel in Prague on October 9th. The meeting gains a especial significance because V.Vike-Freiberga will host the meeting of NATO heads of state and government but V.Havel hosted the Prague Summit in 2002.

13 Oct - The NATO Summit meeting table is being made

46 days remain until 26 NATO Heads of State and Governments will sit down together in Riga to discuss the future of NATO and current issues concerning international security politics. For this purpose a special table is being made and some sections of it have been put together already.

9 Oct - NATO this month - October

Let me say a few words about NATO's outreach. Although the Riga Summit is not a summit on NATO enlargement as such, as you know, NATO allies will soon begin drafting exact language on a signal we want to send to countries who aspire NATO membership. How exactly that signal will look like is a bit difficult to say, but I think I'm not far off the mark if I say it will be an encouraging signal to them.

6 Oct - Picture of the day

The NATO Summit Latvia Task Force has received the first half of 4,500 pairs of hand-made mittens that Latvia is preparing as a gift for the NATO Summit guests coming to Riga for the summit in November.

3 Oct - Prime Minister Aigars Kalvītis thanks supporters of the Rīga NATO Summit

On Tuesday, October 3, Aigars Kalvītis, Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia, met supporters of the Rīga NATO Summit: Aivis Ronis, Chairman of the Rīga NATO Summit Fund, Valērijs Kargins, President of Parex Bank, Guntars Grīnbergs, Chairman of the Board of Parex Bank, Baiba Rubesa, Executive Director of Latvija Statoil, Dace Lodziņa, Head of Marketing Department of Latvija Statoil, Valērijs Terentjevs, Chairman of the Board of Liepājas Metalurgs, and Ilja Segals, Member of the Board of Liepājas Metalurgs.

22 Sep - More than 2,300 applications received for NATO Summit Volunteers

2,361 people from across the country have applied to be among the volunteers who will give first hand help at the Summit of NATO Heads of State and Government. The assistance of volunteers is essential during the last weeks leading up to every important event and Latvia can report to the international community that it has received a staggering four applications for every available volunteer position.

21 Sep - NATO Foreign Ministers meet in New York

Continuing political preparations for the November NATO Summit in the Latvian capital, Riga, Foreign Ministers from NATO member countries held informal discussions in New York, 21 September.

18 Sep - Explaining NATO`s public diplomacy: Video interview with Stefanie Babst

NATO's new Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, Stefanie Babst, talks about her role and priorities, the challenges NATO faces in its public diplomacy, preparations for the upcoming NATO Summit in Riga, and the importance of effective communication about NATO's operational engagements, particularly in Afghanistan.

18 Sep - Experts in international politics will lecture at higher educational establishments in Latvia

On September 18, a course of guest lectures regarding topical issues of international security begins in a number of higher educational establishments in Latvia during which experts from different countries will give lectures and debate with students.

14 Sep - Support to Latvia`s NATO membership continues to grow

Support within Latvian society for Latvia's membership of NATO continues to grow and has currently reached its highest level ever. The most recent survey by the market and public opinion research company Latvijas fakti shows that Latvia's membership in NATO is supported by 78.8% of the population.