2024 in Latvia

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Events in the year 2024 in Latvia.

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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

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

  • 7 September – A Russian military drone crashes in Rēzekne.[10]

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