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Bank and Public Holidays for Latvia

Latvia bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for the first 3 months of 2013, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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07 Mar 2012 (LETA News Agency-Riga) Latvian Prime Minister, Valdis Dombrovskis, has announced that due to a lack of consensus within Latvia's current ruling coalition parties, further debate on the declaration of a new annual non-working public holiday in Latvia had been "postponed indefinitely". • 02 Mar 2012 (LETA News Agency-Riga) Despite last-minute lobbying by Latvian President, Andris Berzins, the Latvian Saeima (parliament) has rejected another bill that would have made Orthodox Christmas an official non-working public holiday in Latvia. • 25 Feb 2012 (LETA News Agency-Riga) Latvian President, Andris Berzins, after a meeting with Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, has said that he believes that Eastern Orthodox Christmas should finally be recognized as a public holiday in Latvia. • 07 Jan 2012 (Latvijas Banka-Riga) The government of Latvia has amended the recently-announced official list of non-working national public holidays in Latvia for the calendar year 2012. • 04 Jan 2012 (Latvijas Banka-Riga) The government of Latvia has released the official list of non-working national public holidays in Latvia for the calendar year 2012. • 01 Dec 2011 (LETA News Agency-Riga) Yesterday, the Latvian parliament (Saeima) once again rejected a bill declaring Orthodox Christmas as a public holiday. • 05 Jan 2011 (Latvijas Banka-Riga) The government of Latvia has announced the list of official non-working public holidays in Latvia for the calendar year 2011. • 08 Jan 2010 (Latvijas Banka-private communication) The government of Latvia has announced additional public holidays on May 3rd, June 25th and November 19, 2010. • 21 May 2009 (The Baltic Course-Riga) Latvia's Welfare Ministry has announced that, in accordance with the government resolution adopted last year, Monday, June 22, 2009, would be a one-off bridge public holiday, creating a 5-day period of public holidays, from Saturday, June 20, to Wednesday, June 24, 2009. • 13 Feb 2009 (Integration and Minority Information Service-Riga) Yesterday, the bill declaring Orthodox and Old Believers' Christmas as public holidays in Latvia was rejected in its third reading in the Saeima (Latvia's Parliament). • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Latvia public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Latvia started to officially declare Bridge Holidays in 2007. To make up for these extra public holidays, there are designated specific Working Saturdays. • Weekend Public Holidays: There was a lot of debate in Parliament in May 2006 and January 2007 as to what to do when public holidays fell on a weekend day. But, as of July, 2007, nothing has yet come into effect. • Although there is a sizeable Russian minority in Latvia, none of the Orthodox holidays is a public holiday, although an attempt was made in 2003 to declare Orthodox Christmas as a public holiday in Latvia . • Latvia International Codes LV and LVA (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .lv (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Latvia information and news: Bank of Latvia (Latvia central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Latvia maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Latvia), and Wikipedia (includes Latvia commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Latvia, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Latvia, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Latvia. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2013 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Latvia, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Latvia, before planning any trip to Latvia. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.