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Latvian Award Ceremony at the House of the Riga Latvian Society | Photo: The Chancery of the President of Latvia
Latvian Award Ceremony at the House of the Riga Latvian Society | Photo: The Chancery of the President of Latvia

Latvian President Awarded Prize Winners in Riga

On 23 of May 2015 the State President of Latvia, Andris Bērziņš, awarded the winners and their tutors of the Latvian History Competition “History around us” in the grand House of the Riga Latvian Society. More than 200 students as well as their relatives and teachers from all over Latvia came to Riga to take part in this magnificent event. The topic of this year’s competition round was “Artifacts as a Source of History”.

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President of Latvia Andris Bērziņš with finalists and their teachers | Photo: Toms Kalniņš
President of Latvia Andris Bērziņš with finalists and their teachers | Photo: Toms Kalniņš

Latvian President Awards Prize Winners in Riga

“Hopefully I’m speaking here in front of many future history teachers,” Latvian President Andris Bērziņš concluded his speech during the award ceremony of the Latvian EUSTORY Competition in Riga on May, 24th. It was the second opportunity that President Bērziņš used to underline the importance of history and a European perspective on the past for his home country after his speech in connection with the reception for the EUSTORY Network during the Annual Network Meeting in Riga in 2013.

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Latvian award winners | Photo: Toms Kalniņš
Latvian award winners | Photo: Toms Kalniņš

Latvian Award Ceremony 2013

The award ceremony of the Latvian history competition took place in Riga, in The House of Blackheads, the President's residence, on 25 May, 2013. There were 135 research works this year, submitted by 165 students of all districts of Latvia. It was the 12th round of the national history competition and the topic of this round was “The history of education in Latvia”.

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Latvian President Andris Bērziņš
Latvian President Andris Bērziņš

Latvian Award Ceremony 2012

Latvian President Andris Bērziņš awarded the winners of this year's Latvian History Competition in the White Hall of the Riga Latvian Society.This year's competition topic was "Latvians abroad".

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