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Source: LETA News Agency (Riga)
The bill which would cancel the annual May 1st public holiday of Latvia in exchange for the declaration of a new annual non-working public holiday, on November 11, was passed today in a second, non-final, vote of the Seima.
Earlier this month (02-May-2018), we had reported that a bill had been introduced in the Saeima which would cancel the annual May 1st public holiday of Latvia in exchange for the declaration of a new annual non-working public holiday, on November 11, the day when Latvia traditionally remembers its fallen soldiers, and one week before the November 18 annual Independence Day public holiday of Latvia.
Over the years, there have been many repeated calls for Orthodox public holidays by Latvia's large and vocal Russian community (08-Mar-2018, 02-Mar-2012, 25-Feb-2012, 01-Dec-2011, 13-Feb-2009, 05-Feb-2009, 24-Dec-2003, 16-Jan-2003, and 20-Dec-2002) and a second reading of just such a bill, which would make Orthodox Christmas a new annual non-working public holiday in Latvia, is set to occur by October 5, 2018, or the last day before the upcoming elections.
Related links and worldwide public holidays news updates:
• Latvia bank holidays and public holidays (news and updates)
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Latvia 2018 bank holidays and public holidays (current year)
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Latvia 2019 bank holidays and public holidays (next year)
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Latvia 2020 bank holidays and public holidays
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• 2018-05-02: Latvia Mulls May 1 Public Holiday Swap
• 2018-03-08: Latvian Orthodox Christmas Public Holidays Update
• 2012-03-02: Latvian Orthodox Public Holiday Rejected
• 2012-02-25: Latvian Orthodox Christmas Public Holiday Support
• 2011-12-01: Latvian Orthodox Christmas Public Holidays Bill Rejected Again
• 2009-02-13: Latvia Fails To Pass Orthodox Christmas Public Holidays Bill
• 2009-02-05: Latvia's Parliament Moves Orthodox Public Holidays To Final Reading
• 2003-12-24: Latvia Could Declare Orthodox Chistmas Public Holidays
• 2003-01-16: Latvia's Parliament Rejects Orthodox Christmas Public Holiday
• 2002-12-20: Latvia's President Recommends Orthodox Christmas Public Holiday
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