===September===
===September===
*13 September – Welfare Minister [[Reinis Uzulnieks]] was removed from office after being caught [[Driving under the influence|driving under the influence]] of alcohol.{{Cite web |title=Latvian Welfare Minister caught drunk driving, removed from office |url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/13.09.2026-latvian-welfare-minister-caught-drunk-driving-removed-from-office.a662970/ |access-date=2026-09-14 |website=eng.lsm.lv |language=en}}
*13 September – Welfare Minister [[Reinis Uzulnieks]] removed from office after being caught [[Driving under the influence|driving under the influence]] of alcohol.{{Cite web |title=Latvian Welfare Minister caught drunk driving, removed from office |url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/13.09.2026-latvian-welfare-minister-caught-drunk-driving-removed-from-office.a662970/ |access-date=2026-09-14 |website= |language=en}}
===October===
*3 October – [[2026 Latvian parliamentary election]]
==Holidays==
==Holidays==
{{Further|Public holidays in Latvia}}
{{Further|Public holidays in Latvia}}
Events in the year 2026 in Latvia.
- 8 June – A drone is shot down by French fighter jets belonging to a NATO contingent over Latvian airspace. The incident is blamed by the Latvian Army on Russian interference.[12]
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Art and entertainment
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- 1 January – Imants Freibergs, 91, computer scientist, first gentleman (1999–2007).[17]
- 4 January – Nora Ikstena, 56, writer and cultural manager.[18]
- 8 January – Uljana Semjonova, 73, basketball player, Olympic champion (1976, 1980).[19]
- 23 January – Anda Zaice, 84, actress (Trial on the Road).[20]
- 29 January – Raimonds Staprans, 99, Latvian-American visual artist and playwright.[21]
- 5 March – Jānis Streičs, 89, film director (A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer’s Eve, Cilvēka bērns).[22]
- 11 April – Vija Vētra, 103, dancer and choreographer.[23]
- 12 June – Pauls Butkēvičs, 85, actor (I Remember Everything, Richard, Four White Shirts, Long Road in the Dunes).[24]
- 30 July – Marģers Vestermanis, 100, Holocaust survivor and historian.[25]
- 7 September – Rihards Pīks, 84, politician and film director, MP (1998–2004), MEP (2004–2009) and minister of foreign affairs (2004).[26]
