Latvijas Pasts

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| industry = Mail

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| foundation = {{Start date|1992|1|2|df=y}}

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| location_city = Riga

| location_country = Latvia

| locations = 600 post offices (2013)

| area_served = Latvia

| key_people = Beāte Krauze-Čebotare (Chairman of the Board)
Kristaps Krūmiņš
Andris Puriņš
Jānis Kūliņš

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| revenue = {{ubl|{{increase}} 58 million EUR (2013)|37.99 million LVL (2012){{rp|7}}}}

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| net_income = {{ubl|{{decrease}} 4.5 million EUR (2013)|3.41 million LVL (2012){{rp|7}}}}

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| owner = Government of Latvia

| num_employees = {{ubl|{{decrease}} more than 4,200 (2013)|4,413 (2012){{rp|26}}}}

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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.pasts.lv}}

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VAS Latvijas Pasts ({{langx|en|Latvian Post}}) is the main state-owned postal service provider in Latvia headquartered in Riga. It was founded on 2 January 1992, following shortly after the restoration of independence of the country.

History

Latvia Post was founded on 2 January 1992 as a state-owned company, prior to which multiple postal companies had already existed in the territory. On 1 November 2004, Latvia Post was re-registered simply as a state joint-stock company instead of having the status of a nonprofit organization state stock company.

In 2014, Latvia Post partook in the transition from lats to euro that took place in the whole country by providing currency exchange services following the official exchange rate of 1.00 LVL for 1.42 EUR for 3 months in 302 post offices where it was deemed necessary due to local banking service availability issues.

References

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{{cite web|title=Pasts Board|url=http://www.pasts.lv/en/About_Us/About_Latvijas_Pasts/#the-board-of-latvijas-pasts|publisher=Latvijas Pasts|accessdate=1 August 2016}}

{{cite web|title=Pasts History|url=http://www.pasts.lv/en/about-company/history/|publisher=Latvijas Pasts|accessdate=19 June 2014}}

{{cite web|title=2012. gada pārskats|trans-title=Report for Year 2012|url=http://www.pasts.lv/lv/par_mums/LP_gada_parskats_2012.pdf|language=Latvian|publisher=Latvijas Pasts|date=8 July 2013|accessdate=19 June 2014}}

{{cite news|title=Latvijas Pasts to ensure exchange of lats to euros at 302 specially identified post offices throughout Latvia|url=http://www.pasts.lv/en/news/post/?news_id=1637|publisher=Latvijas Pasts|date=30 October 2013|accessdate=19 June 2014}}

{{cite news|title=Latvijas Pasts concludes its first year in open postal market with turnover of EUR 58 million and profit of EUR 4.5 million; quality increases|url=http://www.pasts.lv/en/news/post/?news_id=1786|publisher=Latvijas Pasts|date=10 June 2014|accessdate=19 June 2014}}

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Category:Communications in Latvia

Category:Companies based in Riga

Category:Postal organizations

Category:Government-owned companies of Latvia

Category:1992 establishments in Latvia

Latvijas Pasts

History

See also

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