2024 in Latvia
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Events in the year 2024 in Latvia.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 11 January – Latvia announces it will ban the sale and use of tobacco and nicotine products for those under 20 years of age, effective from 1 January 2025.[1]
March
- 28 March – Foreign Minister Krišjānis Kariņš announces his resignation effective 10 April following a decision by the Latvian prosecutor general’s office to initiate criminal proceedings over the alleged misuse of public funds in the utilization of private aviation services by Kariņš and his delegations during his prime ministership.[2]
- 31 March–6 April – 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I B at Riga[3]
April
- 19 April – Baiba Braže is confirmed as new Foreign Minister following the resignation of Krišjānis Kariņš.[4]
June
- 8 June – 2024 European Parliament election.[5]
- 17 June - Minister of Culture Agnese Logina resigns for personal reasons.[6]
- 26 June – The leaders of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia call on the European Union to construct a €2.5 billion (US$2.67 billion) defence line between them and Russia and Belarus to secure the EU from military, economic, and migrant-related threats.[7]
July
- 15 July – Latvia issues a ban on Belarus-registered passenger vehicles entering its territory from Belarus or Russia.[8]
- 16 July – The Baltic states announce their exit from the Russian and Belarusian electricity grid along with plans to synchronize their grid with the continental Europe grid effective 9 February 2025.[9]
September
Holidays
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 29 March - Good Friday
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 1 May - Labour Day
- 4 May - Restoration of Independence Day
- 23 June - Midsummer
- 24 June - St. John's Day
- 18 November - Independence Day
- 24 December - Christmas Eve
- 25 December - Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day
- 31 December – New Year's Eve
Art and entertainment
Deaths
- 16 January – Dzintra Grundmane, 79, basketball player.
- 20 January – Inguna Bauere, 63, writer, engineer, and teacher.[13]
- 25 January – Pēteris Cimdiņš, 79, biologist and politician
- 26 April – Alfrēds Čepānis, 80, politician, Speaker of the Saeima (1996–1998)
- 28 April – Andris Vilks, 60, politician, Minister of Finance of Latvia (2010–2014)
- 14 May – Baiba Indriksone, 92, actress
- 10 July – Jānis Straume, 61, politician and doctor, Speaker of the Saeima (1998–2002)
- 13 July – Ingrīda Ūdre, 65, politician, Speaker of the Saeima (2002–2006)
- 29 August – Ēvī Upeniece, 99, sculptor
- 9 October – Rasma Garne, 83, actress
- 9 November – Viesturs Meijers, 56, chess grandmaster
- 15 November – Romualds Kalsons, 88, composer
- 23 November – Haralds Vasiļjevs, 72, ice hockey player (Dinamo Riga) and coach (EHC Dortmund, national team).
- 30 November – Gunārs Placēns, 97, actor (The Silence of Dr. Evans)
- 17 December – Jānis Timma, 32, basketball player
- 17 December – Aigars Fadejevs, 48, athlete, Olympic silver medalist (2000).
See also
References
- ^ "2025. aastast alates ei tohi alla 20-aastased lätlased suitsetada". ERR (in Estonian). 2024-01-11. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "Latvia's foreign minister will step down after a probe over his office's use of private flights". Associated Press. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "IIHF announce 2024 World Championship tournaments and venues". Ice Hockey UK. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "Baiba Braže confirmed as Latvia's new Foreign Minister". LSM+. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Giorgia Meloni gets personal as Italy votes in EU poll". BBC. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "Latvian Culture Minister steps down". LSM+. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "Poland, Baltics call for EU defence line on border with Russia, Belarus". Reuters. June 27, 2024.
- ^ "Latvia bans entry for Belarus passenger cars". Reuters. July 15, 2024.
- ^ "Baltic countries notify Russia and Belarus they will exit the Moscow-controlled electricity grid". AP News. 2024-07-16. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ "Latvia Reports Russian Drone Crash on NATO Territory". The Moscow Times. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Latvia Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "About holidays, memories and notable days". Latvijas Vēstnesis. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "Mūžībā devusies rakstniece Inguna Bauere". www.delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-01-20.
