Foreign Minister to launch a French language edition of book "History of Latvia: XX Century" [21 Nov 2006]

On 24 November 2006, at 3.00 pm, the Small Aula at the University of Latvia will be the venue for the book-launch ceremony of a French language edition of the book History of Latvia: XX Century. Foreign Minister Artis Pabriks will deliver an opening address. Foreign ambassadors accredited in Latvia, representatives from the French Cultural Centre, from the Ministries of Defence, Foreign Affairs, and Transport, historians, representatives from libraries and publishing houses, and public representatives have been invited to the event.

The Latvian Foreign Ministry continues to implement the project related to the publishing of the book History of Latvia: XX Century in foreign languages in co-operation with the Publishing House Jumava. This past spring, the English translation of the book was published and publication of the book in German is scheduled for the next year.

The joint project was implemented with financial support from the Defence Ministry, the Foreign Ministry, the Transport Ministry, the State Company Latvijas dzelzcels, Latvenergo, the joint stock company Latvijas Finieris as well as a number of other companies and individuals.

Journalists are kindly invited to attend the book presentation.

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