Post offices of Latvijas Pasts will be open during the Easter holidays in shopping centres; pensions and benefits will be paid out earlier

11.04.2019

During Easter holidays, on April 19^th, 21^st, and 22^nd, the postal services will be provided by particular Latvijas Pasts post offices in the largest shopping centres. On April 20^th the majority of Latvijas Pasts post offices will be working in accordance with the regular Saturday schedule, with the exception of Daugavpils post office No. 20, Jelgava post office No. 5, Liepāja post office No. 7, and Mārupe post office.  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 date between the 15^th and 22^nd of April, will receive the money at an earlier date.

Specific post offices in the largest shopping centres will be operating during the public holidays - on Good Friday, the 19^th of April, on Easter Sunday, the 21^st of April and on Easter Monday, the 22^nd of April. The list of the post offices that will be open during Easter is available here. Detailed information on changes in the opening hours is also available on the spot in all post offices. 

On Saturday, the 20^th of April, almost all Latvijas Pasts post offices will be operating in accordance with the regular Saturday schedule, except for Mārupe post office which will be working from 10 AM to 6 PM, as well as Daugavpils post office No. 20, Jelgava post office No. 5 and Liepāja post office No. 7, which will be open to customers from 10 AM to 7 PM.

The pensions and benefits granted by the VSAA that are to be received at the place of customers' residence on the 15^th and the 16^th of April, will be delivered on the 15^th of April, but on the 16^th of April the pensions and benefits at their place of residence will be received by those customers whose pay-out is scheduled on the 17^th and the 18^th of April. The pensions and benefits scheduled to be paid out on the 19^th and the 20^th of April will be delivered on the 17^th of April, but on April 18^th the customers whose pay-out date is designated for the 21^st and the 22^nd of April will receive their pensions and benefits. 
 

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 4000 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 | Senior Public Relations Manager
Tel.: +371 67608504 
E-mail: pr@pasts.lv | vineta.danielsone@pasts.lv
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