On the 4th April the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden in Latvia H.E.Mats Staffansson was telling in the Club about the trade and economic relations development between our countries.

On the 11th of April the special event took place in the Diplomatic Economic Club. It was organized by Frank Van Eynde, trade and commercial counsellor for Flanders at the Belgian embassy in Helsinki, told about region Flanders in the Kingdom of Belgium.

On the 3rd April members of the Diplomatic Economic Club visited Pure Chocolate factory, where they learned about the company’s development history. Club Members are expressing thankfulness to the director Aivars Zhitmanis and the team for the meeting’s organisation.

On the 17th of March, DEC members celebrated Maslenitsa — the seeing off winter and the meeting of summer — in sanatorium “Amber Coast“ in Jurmala.

On the 28th February at the Diplomatic Economic Club meeting there was presented a concept of the 1st International Economic Forum organization in Riga.

On the 21st of February, the special event dedicated to Norway took place in Diplomatic Economic Club. The event was led by the Deputy of Head of Royal Norwegian Embassy Ragnar Haug.

On the 7th February the Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus in Latvia held a meeting with the businessmen, who are co-operating with the Belorussian companies in different sectors of the economy.

Appointed as Charge d’Affaires of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Lithuania and Latvia, Mr. Olzhas Toguzbaev. In the period 2006 -2008 years he worked as an Counsellor of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Riga

Members of the Diplomatic Economic Club met on 10th January and discussed the meetings plans for 2013.

On the 8-10th February in the Kipsala exhibition centre the 20th Tourism Fair „Balttour 2013“ took place. This fair traditionally opens a new tourism season, and offers the best price options and the most interesting tourism products.

On the 6th of February the DEC members attended the opening of the first Russian-Baltic international culturally tourist forum, which took place in Riga.

On February 1st a meeting of DEC members took place in Vilnius. They attended an international tourism exposition.