Exchange of mail with Finland is hindered due to the strike by Finnish postal workers from the 11th to the 24th of November

08.11.2019

Due to the strike by workers of the Finnish postal operator Posti, which will be held from the 11^th to the 24^th of November 2019, a full embargo on airmail items to and from Finland has been imposed for two weeks, according to the information provided by the International Post Corporation. Surface exchange of mail with Finland will remain in place during this period, but there is a warning of possible restrictions.

As a result of the two-week strike declared by Finnish postal workers, the postal operator of that country Posti has imposed a ban on accepting airmail items to and from Finland from the 11^th to the 24^th of November. At the same time the exchange of postal items by surface will continue, but some restrictions are possible. Therefore the exchange of postal items with Finland during this period will be hindered. 

Due to the embargo, from the 11^th of November postal items addressed from Latvia to Finland will be accepted at Latvijas Pasts and, as far as possible, according to the instructions of the Finnish postal operator, will be directed to that country by land routes; however, restrictions on this mode of transport and longer delivery should be taken into consideration.

The Finnish postal operator Posti apologises for the inconvenience caused.

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 3,800 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:
Gundega Vārpa | Head of External Communications
Phone: +371 67608505
E-mail: pr@pasts.lv; gundega.varpa@pasts.lv
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