2015 in Latvia

Events in the year 2015 in Latvia.

January

 * January 1:
 * Latvia joined the European Union presidency, replacing Italy;
 * electricity market opening.
 * January 16 — Latvia to the European Commission was transfer 1.2 billion euros from the 2009 loan.

May

 * May 24 — Aminata Savadogo represents Latvia in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, finishing 19th with a total of.

June

 * June 3 — 2015 Latvian presidential election: Raimonds Vējonis of the Green Party is elected President.

July

 * July 1 — Luxembourg joined the European Union presidency, replacing Latvia;
 * July 8 — Raimonds Vējonis replaced Andris Bērziņš in post of President of Latvia.

September

 * In the autumn of 2015 was the largest grain harvest in Latvian history.

October

 * October 26 — In Garkalne Municipality on A2 road truck knocked down a children training team of Riga Cycling school, suffered an accident 13 people.

December

 * December 1 — service was transferred to the restored building of the Latvian National Museum of Art.
 * December 7 — Prime minister Laimdota Straujuma announced her resignation.

Deaths

 * February 7 — Baiba Caune, cyclist (b. 1945)
 * April 5 — Pāvels Kovaļovs, triple jumper (b. 1990)
 * September 17 - Ingrīda Andriņa, stage and film actress (b. 1944)
 * September 23 — Kārlis Zariņš, opera singer (b. 1930)