Highlights

• "Fairy Tale Coin II. Hedgehog's Coat" voted in as Latvia's Coin of the Year 2016

  25.05.2017

  The winner of Latvia's Coin of the Year 2016 Award has been selected by the traditional annual public survey vote, and this year the award goes to "Fairy Tale Coin II. Hedgehog's Coat". All in all, 16 581 people participated in voting and 7 601 of them cast their vote for "Fairy Tale Coin II. Hedgehog's Coat".
• Securities totalling 200.4 million euro were purchased under the PSPP in April

  13.05.2017

  In April 2017, implementing the public sector purchase programme (PSPP), Latvijas Banka purchased securities issued by the Latvian government and international organisations located in the euro area amounting to 200.4 million euro. Overall, Latvijas Banka has purchased securities totaling 5 275.7 million euro under the PSPP, including securities in the amount of 1 808.4 million euro in 2015 and 2 548.9 million euro in 2016.
• The work by Lithuanian artist Justas Petrulis will turn into the common Baltic coin dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Baltic States

  11.04.2017

  The work by Lithuanian designer Justas Petrulis, i.e. a symbolic plait in which the fates of the three Baltic sisters intertwine, will turn into the common Baltic 2 euro commemorative coin dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Baltic States. This design received the most votes in the public survey in which six coin designs were offered for a vote (per two from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia).
• The design for the two-euro commemorative coin dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Baltic states will be chosen by a public vote

  21.03.2017

  An online vote to select the design of a common 2 euro commemorative coin to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Latvian and Estonian states and the 100th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Lithuanian statehood has been launched today. The public has an opportunity to assess six different design offers (per two from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia) which can be viewed, selected and voted for on the website www.balticcoin.eu.