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Events in the year 2015 in Latvia.
State officials[edit]
| Position | Person | Remarks |
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| President of Latvia | Andris Bērziņš (till July 7) | |
| Raimonds Vējonis (from July 8) | ||
| Prime Minister of Latvia | Laimdota Straujuma | Second Straujuma cabinet |
| Speaker of the Saeima | Ināra Mūrniece |
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- January 1:
- Latvia joined the European Union presidency, replacing Italy;
- electricity market opening.
- January 16 — Latvia to the European Commission was transfer 1.2 billion euros from the 2009 loan.
May[edit]
- May 24 — Aminata Savadogo represents Latvia in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, finishing 19th with a total of .[1]
June[edit]
- June 3 — 2015 Latvian presidential election: Raimonds Vējonis of the Green Party is elected President.[2]
July[edit]
- July 1 — Luxembourg joined the European Union presidency, replacing Latvia;
- July 8 — Raimonds Vējonis replaced Andris Bērziņš in post of President of Latvia.
September[edit]
October[edit]
- October 26 — In Garkalne Municipality on A2 road truck knocked down a children training team of Riga Cycling school, suffered an accident 13 people.[4]
December[edit]
- December 1 — service was transferred to the restored building of the Latvian National Museum of Art.[5]
- December 7 — Prime minister Laimdota Straujuma announced her resignation.
Deaths[edit]
- February 7 — Baiba Caune, cyclist (b. 1945)[6]
- April 5 — Pāvels Kovaļovs, triple jumper (b. 1990)
- September 17 - Ingrīda Andriņa, stage and film actress (b. 1944)[7]
- September 23 — Kārlis Zariņš, opera singer (b. 1930)[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ "Presidential elections in Latvia to take place on June 3".
- ^ "Šoruden nokulta visu laiku lielākā graudu raža; Latvijā nepietiek glabātavu". La.lv. 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2015-11-14. (in Latvian)
- ^ DELFI (26 October 2015). "Kravas auto Garkalnē notriec bērnu riteņbraucēju grupu". Delfi.lv. Retrieved 2015-10-27. (in Latvian)
- ^ Restaurētā LNMM ēka šodien oficiāli nodota ekspluatācijā , tvnet.lv, 2015-12-1 (in Latvian)
- ^ "Aizsaulē aizgājusi Latvijas riteņbraukšanas leģenda Baiba Evīna Caune-Morzika". Evelo.lv. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-10-27. (in Latvian)
- ^ Mūžībā aizgājusi Latvijas Nacionālā teātra aktrise Ingrīda Andriņa (in Latvian)
- ^ "Mūžībā aizgājis izcilais tenors Kārlis Zariņš". Lsm.lv. Retrieved 2015-10-27. (in Latvian)