Maestro Pauls to Receive the Cabinet of Ministers Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Development of Music and Culture

The Cabinet of Ministers Award for strengthening cultural and diplomatic ties between Latvia, Finland, and Estonia, preserving Latvia's cultural and historical heritage, and for a long-standing contribution to literature, translation, and journalism has been awarded to writer, journalist, translator, diplomat, and public figure Anna Zhigure. At the government meeting on Tuesday, a decision was also supported to award the Honorary Certificate of the Cabinet of Ministers to the former director of the Bauska Castle Museum, Maris Skanis, for his significant contribution to the development of the museum and the preservation, research, and popularization of Latvia's cultural and historical heritage. The Honorary Certificate will also be awarded to the team of the Latvian National Library's event cycle "Latvian Book 500" for their significant contribution to strengthening Latvian culture and national identity. The Honorary Certificate will also be awarded to writer, editor, journalist, and chief editor of the magazine "Domuzīme" Rudite Kalpina for her long-standing and significant contribution to the development of Latvian literature, journalism, and cultural processes, promoting the development of Latvian literature, preserving cultural and historical memory, and advancing cultural periodicals in Latvia. The Cabinet of Ministers Honorary Certificate has been awarded to educator Inta Udodova for her contribution to the development of professional music education and the development of teaching materials on music theory, as well as to art historian Rute Kaminska for her long-standing and significant contribution to the research, documentation, and preservation of Latvian artistic and cultural heritage, as well as for popularizing cultural heritage and passing on knowledge to future generations. The Honorary Certificates will also be awarded to entrepreneur, film producer, and director Andris Ekis for his contribution to the development of the Latvian film industry, architect and Doctor of Architecture Juris Dambis for his outstanding and long-standing contribution to the development of the cultural heritage protection system in Latvia, the preservation of the historical center of Riga, and the strengthening of the values of Latvia's cultural heritage at both national and international levels. The Minister of Culture will present the Cabinet of Ministers Honorary Certificates to cultural figures.