Some post offices in shopping centres will be open during the public holidays; the 21st of April will be a regular working day at Latvijas Pasts

20.04.2018

On Saturday, the 21^st of April, which is a transferred working day, Latvijas Pasts post offices will be working in accordance with the regular Monday schedule. Only some Latvijas Pasts post offices in the largest shopping centres will provide postal services during the public holidays on the 1st and 4^th of May 2018. On the 5th of May all post offices will be working in accordance with the Saturday schedule. The customers who get their benefits and pensions granted by the State Social Insurance Agency (VSAA) delivered to their place of residence through the intermediary of Latvijas Pasts with the expected pay-out period on the 21^st of April and the 2^nd and 3^rd of May will receive the money at an earlier date.

To allow people to enjoy several free days in a row, one working day in April – Monday, the 30^th of April – has been switched with Saturday, the 21^st of April. On Saturday, the 21^st of April, Latvijas Pasts post offices will be working in accordance with the regular Monday schedule, except Jēkabpils post office No. 6, which will be open to customers from 9 AM to 6:30 PM. On Monday, the 30^th of April, Latvijas Pasts post offices will be working according to the Saturday schedule, except Jelgava post office No. 5, which will be open from 10 AM to 6 PM.

Only some post offices in the largest shopping centres will be open during the public holidays: Labour Day on the 1st of May and Restoration of Independence Day on the 4^th of May. The list of the post offices to be open during the public holidays is available here. Detailed information on changes in the opening hours will also be available on the spot in all post offices. On the 5^th of May all post offices will be working in accordance with the regular Saturday schedule.

Pensions and benefits granted by the VSAA that are to be received by the customers at their place of residence on the 21^st of April will be delivered on the 19^th of April, and the 2^nd of May will be the pay-out day for those customers whose pensions and benefits are to be paid on the 5^th of May. Pensions and benefits to be received on the 6^th of May will be paid on the 3^rd of May.

About SJSC Latvijas Pasts
Latvijas Pasts ensures the widest availability of postal services throughout Latvia by maintaining more than 600 post offices. The primary function of the company is provision of the universal postal service; Latvijas Pasts also provides commercial transport, express mail, payment, press subscription, retail and philatelic services. Latvijas Pasts is a wholly State-owned company with around 4,000 employees. The quality measurements of Latvijas Pasts domestic mail deliveries are regularly conducted by Kantar TNS, one of the leading market, social and media research agencies in Latvia. In turn, the quality measurements of the cross-border deliveries are provided within the framework of the International Post Corporation through the intermediary of the research companies Kantar TNS, Ipsos and Quotas.

Additional information:
Vineta Danielsone | Public Relations Specialist
Phone: +371 67608504 
E-mail: pr@pasts.lv; vineta.danielsone@pasts.lv
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