Post offices in the shopping centres of major cities will be open during the Midsummer period; the 13th of June will be a working day at Latvijas Pasts

On Saturday, the 13^th of June 2020, which is a transferred working day, Latvijas Pasts post offices will be working in accordance with the regular Monday schedule, except for several post offices with changes in opening hours on this day. Only some post offices in the shopping centres of the largest Latvian cities will provide postal services during the Midsummer holidays. The 24^th of June, Jāņi Day, will be a day off for the employees of Latvijas Pasts. 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 during the holidays will receive the money at an earlier date. 

To allow people to enjoy several free days in a row, one working day in June – Monday, the 22^nd of June – has been switched with Saturday, the 13^th of June. On Saturday, the 13^th of June, most Latvijas Pasts post offices will be working in accordance with the regular Monday schedule, except for 23 post offices in Riga, Mārupe, Piņķi, Baldone, Daugavpils, Jelgava, Jēkabpils, Liepāja, Ozolnieki, Ropaži, Saulkrasti, Titurga and Vangaži, whose opening hours on this day will be changed, as can be seen here.   

On Monday, the 22^nd of June, and on Līgo Day, the 23^rd of June, postal services will be available in some post offices, whereas on Jāņi Day all post offices will be closed. A detailed list of the post offices to be open in Riga, Mārupe, Daugavpils, Jelgava, Jēkabpils, Liepāja and Ozolnieki on the 22^nd and 23^rd of June and their opening hours is available here. 

Pensions and benefits granted by the VSAA which are to be received by customers at their places of residence on the 15^th and 16^th of June will be delivered on the 15^th of June, and the 16^th of June will be the payday for those customers whose pensions and benefits are scheduled for the 17^th and 18^th of June. Pensions and benefits to be received on the 19^th and 20^th of June will be delivered on the 17^th of June, while pensions and benefits scheduled for the 21^st and 22^nd of June will be paid on the 18^th of June. The 19^th of June will be the payday for those customers whose pensions and benefits are scheduled to be received at the place of residence on the 23^rd and 24^th of June.

Dozens of Latvijas Pasts parcel lockers will be available for collecting items throughout the country according to the opening hours of shopping centres during the holiday period. Information about Latvijas Pasts parcel locker network is available here. 

Happy holidays!

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 3,400 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 Project Manager
E-mail: pr@pasts.lv, vineta.danielsone@pasts.lv 
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