2013 in Latvia

Incumbents

• President - Andris Bērziņš
• Prime Minister - Valdis Dombrovskis

Events

March

• 4 March - Latvia applies to enter the eurozone in 2014, in a move which could see it become the 18th member of the bloc.
• 29 March - More than 220 people are rescued from two ice floes that broke off of Latvia and were blown into the Gulf of Riga.

June

• 20 June - A major fire breaks out at the Riga Castle, the Latvian presidential palace.
• 21 June - 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.

November

• 21 November - 54 people are killed and 55 injured at the Zolitūde shopping centre roof collapse in Riga.