On Friday, February 1,the Chief of State Border Guard General Guntis Pujāts met with the Chairman of the European People's Party Group in the European Parliament Manfred Weber.
On Tuesday, January 29 the Minister of the Interior Sandis Ģirģens visited the State Border Guard to learn the full extent of the State Border Guard's main activities.
On Monday, January 21 at the Central Board of the State Border Guard a Ceremony on delegation of authority of the post of the State Border Guard's Chief was held; during the event the former Chief of the State Border Guard General Normunds Garbars in ceremonial circumstances delegated the further management of the State Border Guard to General Guntis Pujāts.
On November 28, 2018 the Chief of the State Border Guard, General Normunds Garbars, visits Dushanbe (Tajikistan), where the 4th Regional Evaluation Meeting of BOMCA 9 (Border Management Program in Central Asia, Phase 9) activities was held.