On Wednesday, 6 April, the Education for All advisory board of the Latvian National Commission for UNESCO met at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) to discuss the challenges and opportunities of open science.

High-level experts from the Ministry of Education and Science, UNESCO, RSU, as well as the Higher Education and Science Information Technology Shared Services Centre spoke at the meeting.

The programme for the Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) International COVID-19 Conference Impact, Innovation, and Planning is published in advance of the conference that will take place on 28–29 April.

The conference will take a closer look at medical and public health as well as communication, legal, technological, and issues in relation to COVID-19. It will be the most comprehensive conference on the pandemic to date in Latvia.

Egils Levits, the President of Latvia, and the Chapter of Orders will award 79 members of society with the highest state decorations. State decorations are presented to those citizens who have served their country and its people through exceptional and selfless professional and social work. Among them are seven lecturers from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU).

On Sunday, 10 April, the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Student House in the Riga Old Town hosted a social event to mark the conclusion of a week-long intensive Latvian language course for Ukrainians who were forced to leave their homeland due to the war. More than twenty Ukrainians and RSU faculty members, staff and students played games in Latvian, drank tea, ate sweets, and discussed current events.

Songs have always been a universal tool for Latvian people in their daily lives, whether to lull a baby to sleep, to celebrate a holiday in a small circle of friends, or to sing together with thousands of other people on the Mežaparks stage. Songs are a part of our national identity that shows our strength and resiliance.