Incumbents

Events

March 4 - Latvia applies to enter the eurozone in 2014, in a move which could see it become the 18th member of the bloc.^[1]
March 29 - More than 220 people are rescued from two ice floes that broke off of Latvia and were blown into the Gulf of Riga.^[2]

June 20 - A major fire breaks out at the Riga Castle, the Latvian presidential palace.^[3]
June 21 - Riga Castle fire
- Latvian authorities say the overnight fire has extensively damaged Riga Castle, the medieval fortress that houses the Baltic nation's National History Museum, and presidential residence.^[4]

November 21 - 54 people are killed and 55 injured at the Zolitūde shopping centre roof collapse in Riga.^[5]

^ "Latvia applies to enter eurozone". 4 March 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
^ "More than 220 rescued from ice floes off Latvian coast". 29 March 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
^ "Latvia's Riga Castle damaged by fire". 21 June 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
^ "Riga Castle damaged in blaze". 21 June 2013. Archived from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
^ "Supermarket roof collapse kills six, injures 35 in Latvian capital Riga". 22 November 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

Years in Latvia (1918–present)

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