The first round of competition organised by the Latvian Transatlantic Organisation and Ministry of Foreign Affairs has finished and after a week of evaluation the authors (teams) of the best 26 teams are now known.
Essays about the military and political aspects of NATO, as well as Latvia’s five year experience as a member state of NATO were sent from all over the Latvia and both universities (university of Latvia, Riga Technical University, Vidzeme University College, Ventspils University College, Latvia University of Agriculture, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Baltic International Academy) and secondary schools – Riga 34.secondary schools, Liepāja 1.secondary school, Jaunpiebalga secondary school and Jelgavas Spīdolas secondary school.
The evaluation commission was composed of representatives of LATO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defence. The essays were judged in accordance with the criteria set in competition regulations and thus best 26 teams were identified. These teams will participate the second round of the competition – NATO summit simulation game on March 27th.
Based on the time the essay was received and matching it with the alphabetical list of NATO member states each team will represent a following state :
|
NATO member |
Team |
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U.S.A |
Oskars Ceļmalnieks Edgars Milaškēvičs |
|
Belgium |
Monta Bitiniece Anna Griezīte |
|
Bulgaria |
Aleksandra Peištare Artūrs Hoļavins |
|
Czech Republic |
Anete Abricka Lāsma Spūle |
|
Denmark |
Sandra Vabule Kristiāns Teters |
|
France |
Linda Jaunarāja-Janvāre Ilze Grava |
|
Greece |
Anna Zemblicka Asnate Kažoka |
|
Estonia |
Sabīne Eigmina Rūdolfs Krese |
|
Italy |
Jānis Balodis Reinis Cimurs |
|
Iceland |
Jurijs Nikoļenko Artjoms Reinicāns |
|
Canada |
Dina Dāvida Kārlis Kiseļus |
|
Latvia |
Madara Uburģe Mārtiņš Vargulis |
|
United Kingdom |
Artūrs Kvesko Igors Ivanovs |
|
Lithuania |
Aija Novicka Māris Saba |
|
Luxemburg |
Undīne Bubeze Madara Kirša |
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Netherlands |
Mārtiņš Auziņš Normunds Makars |
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Norway |
Zemgus Žagata Madara Guļāne |
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Poland |
Kristaps Rūde Signe Seškena |
|
Portugal |
Evija Goluba Agnese Lāce |
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Rumania |
Marika Vāle Kaspars Priede |
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Slovakia |
Marija Zjurikova Ketija Krama |
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Slovenia |
Kārlis Rācenis Alīna Garejeva |
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Spain |
Laura Kokina Baiba Krūmiņa |
|
Turkey |
Ligita Osipova Kristīne Alute
|
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Hungary |
Einārs Jankovskis Rihards Blese |
|
Germany |
Anda Bergmane Benita Aržanova |
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