Postal item exchange with Finland is returning back to normal – the strike by Finnish postal workers is over

29.11.2019

The exchange of postal items with Finland has been restored back to normal following the announcement about early termination of the strike by employees of the Finnish postal operator Posti. As a result, airmail traffic to and from Finland is gradually resuming.

The strike by Finnish postal workers started on the 11^th of November and its initial term was two weeks, until the 24^th of November, which was later extended until the 8^th of December. A full embargo on airmail items to and from Finland was imposed during the strike, ensuring the exchange of postal items only by surface to a limited extent and with delays. 

In regard to the information received on the early termination of the strike, the lifting of the embargo and the resumption of postal item traffic back to normal have also been announced, including a gradual recommencement of ensuring the delivery of all items along usual air routes.

Previously the Finnish postal operator Posti apologised for the inconvenience caused due to the strike. 

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 over 3,500 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.

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Gundega Vārpa | Head of External Communications
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