Thursday, February 5, 2009

Latvia's Parliament Moves Orthodox Public Holidays To Final Reading

Sources: Baltic Course (Riga) and Latvia public holidays (qppstudio.net). Today, the Saeima (Latvia's Parliament) approved in a second reading amendments to the ''Law on Holidays and Remembrance Days'' which will add Orthodox and Old Believers' Christmas (January 6 and 7) as official public holidays in Latvia.