title: 2013 in Latvia
text: # 2013 in Latvia
  
  The following lists events that happened during 2013 in Latvia.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President - Andris Bērziņš
  * Prime Minister - Valdis Dombrovskis
  
  ## Events
  
  ### March
  
  * March 4 - Latvia applies to enter the eurozone in 2014, in a move which could see it become the 18th member of the bloc.
  * March 29 - More than 220 people are rescued from two ice floes that broke off of Latvia and were blown into the Gulf of Riga.
  
  ### June
  
  * June 20 - A major fire breaks out at the Riga Castle, the Latvian presidential palace.
  * June 21 - Riga Castle fire
     * Latvian authorities say the overnight fire has extensively damaged Riga Castle, the medieval fortress that houses the Baltic nation's National History Museum, and presidential residence.
  
  ### November
  
  * November 21 - 54 people are killed and 55 injured at the Zolitūde shopping centre roof collapse in Riga.
  