Some individual post offices will work in the shopping centres of the largest cities on the holiday after the Song Celebration

02.07.2018

On Monday, July 9^th, 2018, which happens to be a holiday after the Song and Dance Celebration of Latvia's centenary, some post offices will be working in the shopping centres of the largest cities. The clients who get their State Social Insurance Agency (VSAA) benefits and pensions delivered to their place of residence through the intermediary of Latvijas Pasts and whose pay out is scheduled from July 5^th to July 9^th will receive the money at an earlier date.

The day after the closing concert of the Song and Dance Celebration is the official holiday in the entire country. Postal services will be available on this day at some post offices in the shopping centres of the largest cities - a detailed list of the open post offices in Riga, Marupe, Daugavpils, Jelgava, Jekabpils and Liepaja, as well as their opening hours is available here. 

The monthly VSAA pensions and benefits that are to be received by the customers on July 9^th will be paid out on July 6^th, but on July 5^th they will be the pay-out to those clients whose scheduled payment dates are July 7^th and 8^th.  Conversely, on July 4^th the pensions and benefits will be paid out to those clients whose scheduled payment dates are July 5^th and 6^th.

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 the 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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