2015 in Latvia

Events

January

• 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

• May 24 — Aminata Savadogo represents Latvia in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, finishing 19th with a total of.

June

• June 3 — 2015 Latvian presidential election: Raimonds Vējonis of the Green Party is elected President.

July

• July 1 — Luxembourg joined the European Union presidency, replacing Latvia;
• July 8 — Raimonds Vējonis replaced Andris Bērziņš in post of President of Latvia.

September

• In the autumn of 2015 was the largest grain harvest in Latvian history.

October

• October 26 — In Garkalne Municipality on A2 road truck knocked down a children training team of Riga Cycling school, suffered an accident 13 people.

December

• December 1 — service was transferred to the restored building of the Latvian National Museum of Art.
• December 7 — Prime minister Laimdota Straujuma announced her resignation.

Deaths

• February 7 — Baiba Caune, cyclist
• April 5 — Pāvels Kovaļovs, triple jumper
• September 17 - Ingrīda Andriņa, stage and film actress
• September 23 — Kārlis Zariņš, opera singer