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2021 In Latvia
Events in the year 2021 in Latvia. Incumbents *President: Egils Levits *Prime Minister: Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš Events Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia January *1 January: **tax changes: ***the national minimum wage was officially raised from €430 to €500 a month. ***the personal income tax-free minimum (PIT) has been increased from €250 to €300 per month. ***the non-taxable minimum for pensioners with PIT was increased to €330 per month instead of the current €300. ***the income threshold to which the differentiated PIT non-taxable minimum applies was increased from 1,200 to 1,800 euros per month. ***the rate of compulsory state social insurance contributions (SSIAI) was reduced by 1%. Namely, from the previous 35.09% to 34.09% - by 0.5% for both employers and employees. ***the solidarity tax rate was reduced by 0.5% from 25.5% to 25%. **Public Broadcasting of Latvia left the advertising market thanks to state funding. *7 January: ** Ilze Viņķele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the Baltic states; and is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9 million. The country has a temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts; and speak Latvian, one of the only two surviving Baltic languages. Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population. After centuries of Teutonic, Swedish, Polish-Lithuanian and Russian rule, which was mainly executed by the local Baltic German aristocracy, the independent R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Latvian Municipal Elections
Municipal elections were held across Latvia on 5 June 2021. This was the first election after the Saeima passed a municipal reform in 2020 that reduced the 110 municipalities and 9 cities to 43 municipalities, including 11 state cities and added 5 new Latvian towns: Ādaži, Iecava, Ķekava, Koknese, and Mārupe. In total, 645 councilors were elected to 40 municipal councils across the country. The 60 seats in the Riga City Council is not up for election until 2025, as snap elections were held in August 2020. On 28 May, following the decision of the Constitutional Court of Latvia that declared a part of the municipal reform about the inclusion of Varakļāni Municipality into the new Rēzekne Municipality unconstitutional, the Central Election Commission (CEC) cancelled elections in the municipalities of both Rēzekne and Madona. The Saeima decided on 1 June to reverse the decision of the CEC and to move forward with the elections in Madona Municipality on 5 June as initially sche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020s In Latvia
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In Latvia
Events in the year 2021 in Latvia. Incumbents *President: Egils Levits *Prime Minister: Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš Events Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia January *1 January: **tax changes: ***the national minimum wage was officially raised from €430 to €500 a month. ***the personal income tax-free minimum (PIT) has been increased from €250 to €300 per month. ***the non-taxable minimum for pensioners with PIT was increased to €330 per month instead of the current €300. ***the income threshold to which the differentiated PIT non-taxable minimum applies was increased from 1,200 to 1,800 euros per month. ***the rate of compulsory state social insurance contributions (SSIAI) was reduced by 1%. Namely, from the previous 35.09% to 34.09% - by 0.5% for both employers and employees. ***the solidarity tax rate was reduced by 0.5% from 25.5% to 25%. **Public Broadcasting of Latvia left the advertising market thanks to state funding. *7 January: ** Ilze Viņķele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andris Kolbergs
Andris Kolbergs (21 December 1938 – 5 November 2021) was a Latvian writer. He won the in 2011. Biography Born on 21 December 1938, Andris was the son of ship captain Leonid Kolbergs. He studied at Moscow State University of Printing Arts from 1966 to 1968. He worked as a wagonmaker and electrical factory worker before becoming a correspondent for the humorous magazine ''Dadzis''. Kolbergs published his first novel in 1969, titled ''Arnolda Zandes cigarete''. Several of his books have been adapted into movies by Riga Film Studio and notably directed by . In 1974, he became a member of the . Andris Kolbergs died of COVID-19 in Riga on 5 November 2021 at the age of 82. Decorations *Officer of the Order of the Three Stars Order of the Three Stars ( lv, Triju Zvaigžņu ordenis) is the highest civilian order awarded for meritorious service to Latvia. It was established in 1924 in remembrance of the founding of Latvia. Its motto is "Per aspera ad astra", meaning "Thr ... (2019) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ojārs Ēriks Kalniņš
Ojārs Ēriks Kalniņš (22 October 1949 – 14 October 2021) was a Latvian politician and diplomat who served as a member of the Saeima (2010–2021), head of the Latvian Institute (1999–2010), and as Ambassador to the United States (1993–1999). Born in a displaced person's camp in Germany to parents escaping the Soviet occupation of Latvia, he spent his early career working for various Latvian-American organizations before moving to Latvia and taking part in the restoration of Latvian independence. In 1998, he was awarded the Order of the Three Stars. Early life and education Ojārs Ēriks Kalniņš was born on October 22, 1949, in a displaced persons camp in Munich, Germany. His family moved to Chicago in 1951, where he lived until 1985. In 1975, he earned a bachelor's degree from the department of philosophy at Roosevelt University. While living in Chicago, he worked as creative director for an advertising agency, served as editor and political adviser for the Chicag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ansis Bērziņš
Ansis Bērziņš (16 February 1940 – 14 September 2021) was a Latvian film producer and director, known as one of the first animation film producers of Latvia. Together with the director Roze Stiebra, Bērziņš was awarded the Latvian film prize Lielais Kristaps The Big Christopher ( lv, Lielais Kristaps) is the highest award in Latvian cinema. Established in 1977, it is given out at the ''Latvian National Film Festival''. Due to different reasons, the festival has not been held in 1992, from 1994 t ... in 2017, for lifetime contribution to Latvian cinema. References 1940 births 2021 deaths Place of birth missing Place of death missing Latvian film directors Latvian film producers {{Latvia-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerij Zhuravliov
Valerij Ivanovich Zhuravliov (russian: Валерий Иванович Журавлёв, lv, Valērijs Žuravļovs; December 11, 1938 – July 18, 2021) was a Soviet/ Latvian chess master who has won the Latvian Chess Championship three times. He held the FIDE title of International Master (IM). Chess career Valerij Zhuravliov won the Latvian Championship in 1980, 1992, and 1994. In 1968 he shared first place with Jānis Klovāns but lost an additional match, and twice finished second (1984, 1988). In 1967 Zhuravliov won the Championship of "Dinamo" in Sochi and reached eighth place in the 35th USSR Chess Championship in Kharkov. In seventies Zhuravliov lived in Kaliningrad. In 1972 he shared first places in Championship of Soviet Army (with Semyon Furman), in Championship of Armed Forces (with Jānis Klovāns), and in 1977 won Russian Chess Championship in Volgograd (shared first place with Lev Psakhis). In 1977 he participated in Mikhail Chigorin memorial in Sochi. He p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matīss Kivlenieks
Matīss Edmunds Kivlenieks (26 August 1996 – 4 July 2021) was a Latvian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for Prizma Riga of the Latvian Hockey Higher League (LHL), the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL), and the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 2012 and 2021. Kivlenieks died on 4 July 2021 after being accidentally struck by fireworks. Early life Kivlenieks was born in Riga, Latvia. His father died of natural causes when he was young. His mother and stepfather are restaurateurs. Kivlenieks had a younger sister. He fluently spoke Latvian, Russian, and after playing in the United States, English. He started playing ice hockey at age 3 or 4 after watching his cousin's practices. At age 5, he began playing as a goaltender. Playing career Latvia Kivlenieks played for Prizma Riga in the season of 2011–12. That was his only season with the team, and he only played one game with a 9.52 goals against average (GAA). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jevgeņijs Drobots
Jevgeņijs Drobots (russian: Евгений Павлович Дробот, ''Evgeny Pavlovich Drobot''; 18 August 1946 – 27 June 2021) was a Latvian Russian politician and engineer. He worked as Deputy Chief Engineer of a chemical fiber plant in Daugavpils before serving on the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia from 1990 to 1993, elected from the 76th constituency of Daugavpils. He notably did not vote for the declaration On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia. After his term in office, he joined the Latvian Russian Union and helped organize the Headquarters for the Protection of Russian Schools protests and Victory Day Victory Day is a commonly used name for public holidays in various countries, where it commemorates a nation's triumph over a hostile force in a war or the liberation of a country from hostile occupation. In many cases, multiple countries may ob ... celebrations. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Drobots, Jevgenijs 1946 births 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ministers For Education And Science Of Latvia
The Minister for Education and Science is a member of the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia. Ministers * Kārlis Šadurskis, 11 February 2016 – 27 November 2018 * Jānis Reirs, 27 November 2018 – 23 January 2019 * Ilga Šuplinska, 23 January 2019 – 3 June 2021 * Anita Muižniece, 3 June 2021 - 14 December 2022 * Anda Čakša Anda or ANDA may refer to: Places China *Anda, Heilongjiang, a city in Heilongjiang, China *Anda railway station, a railway station in Anda, China Iran *Anda, Iran, a village in Fars Province, Iran Norway *Anda, Norway, an island in Øksnes mun ..., 14 December - Incumbent References {{LatvianCabinet Education and Science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māris Grīnblats
Māris Grīnblats (5 January 1955 – 14 March 2021) was a Latvian politician and a member of the political party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (TB/LNNK). Early life Grīnblats was born on 5 January 1955 in Kuldīga, Latvian SSR. From 1977 to 1982 he studied and graduated from the LVU Department of Philosophy. From 1980 to 1983, he was a sociologist of various departments of Latvian universities. From 1988 Grīnblats was a member of the Madona branch of the Latvian People's Front (LTF), later he became its chairman. From 1989 to 1990 he was a member of the LTF Council. Grīnblats participated in the development of the Citizens' Congress of the Republic of Latvia, and in 1990 he was elected a delegate of the Citizens' Congress, where he was the Deputy Chairman of the Latvian Committee of the Citizens' Congress. From 1991 to 1993, he was chairman of the Citizens' Congress and a leader of the 18th November Union that emerged from it. He became the founding leader of For Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
