The following lists events that happened during 2013 in Latvia.
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UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA - Promotional Video 2013
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Incumbents
- President - Andris Bērziņš
- Prime Minister - Valdis Dombrovskis
Events
March
- 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
- 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
- November 21 - 54 people are killed and 55 injured at the Zolitūde shopping centre roof collapse in Riga.[5]
References
- ^ "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.
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