Photos and videos of the awarding ceremonies

The Prizes of the Baltic Assembly have been awarded since 1993. In this section, you can find photos and videos from the last three ceremonies that have been held in Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania. The last ceremony was held on 4 November in Vilnius during the 40th Session of the Baltic Assembly. 

Prizes Ceremony 2021 in Vilnius

Family photo of the members of the Baltic Assembly, Prize winners and medallists 

President Andrius Kupčinskas opening of the Prize Ceremony 2021

Prize in the Arts winner Ginta Gerharde-Upeniece

Valdemaras Razumas receiving the Prize in Science on behalf of Virginijus Šikšnys

Mare Laanoja receiving Prize in Literature on behalf of Mr Vahur Afanasjev (Laanoja)

Prize in Literature winner 2020 Birutė Jonuškaitė 

Prizes Ceremony 2020 in Tallinn and Riga

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 situation in the Baltic states, the Prize Ceremony was not held in the usual format; however, two seperate small awarding ceremonies were held in Tallinn and Riga.

Prizes Ceremony 2019 in Riga

Speaker of the Saeima Ināra Mūrniece addressing the participants of the Ceremony

President of the Baltic Assembly Jānis Vucāns giving a speech during the ceremony 

Chairs of the delegations of the Baltic Assembly with Prize winner Leelo Tungal from Estonia

Chairs of the delegations of the Baltic Assembly with Prize winner Normunds Šnē from Latvia

Chairs of the delegations of the Baltic Assembly with Prize winner Jūras Banys from Lithuania

Statuette of the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science

© Photos by the Chancellary of Parliament of the Republic of Latvia (Author: Ieva Ābele)