2025 in Latvia
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Events in the year 2025 in Latvia.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 1 January – Latvia bans the sale and use of tobacco and nicotine products for those under 20 years of age, effectively on this date.[1]
- 1 January – A unified Public Broadcasting of Latvia begins operations following the merger of Latvian Radio and Latvian Television.[2]
February
[edit]- 8–9 February – Latvia, along with Estonia and Lithuania disconnect from the Russian electric grid and joins the Synchronous grid of Continental Europe.[3]
- 21 February – Prime Minister Evika Siliņa asks Ministers Kaspars Briškens, Anda Čakša, and Uldis Augulis to resign.[4]
March
[edit]- 2 March – Flow, directed by Gints Zilbalodis, becomes the first Latvian film to win at the Academy Awards after being recognized as Best Animated Feature.[5]
Predicted and scheduled events
[edit]- 27 August–14 September – EuroBasket 2025 in Cyprus, Finland, Latvia and Poland[6][7][8]
Holidays
[edit]- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 19 April - Good Friday
- 21 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
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- 27 January – Jānis Peters, 85, poet, publicist, public figure, diplomat.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2025. aastast alates ei tohi alla 20-aastased lätlased suitsetada". ERR (in Estonian). 2024-01-11. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "Saeima makes decision on merger of Latvian Television and Latvian Radio". Lsm.lv. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Baltic states begin historic switch away from Russian power grid". BBC. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ "Premjere lūdz atkāpties ministrus Briškenu, Čakšu un Auguli". LSM (in Latvian). Retrieved 2025-03-03.
- ^ "'Flow', Latvia's trailblazing animation, wins Oscar". France 24. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ "Latvia, Cyprus and Finland named FIBA EuroBasket 2025 hosts". 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Poland named FIBA EuroBasket 2025 co-host". fiba.basketball. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Draw to determine early designation of FIBA EuroBasket 2025 groups held in Ljubljana". fiba.basketball. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ "Latvia Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "About holidays, memories and notable days". Latvijas Vēstnesis. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
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