Latvians woke up to go to work on Monday morning, only to find they didn't have to.
Thomson ReutersLatvian ice hockey player Miks Indrasis reacts as thousands of fans gather to greet IIHF World Championship 2023 bronze medallists in Riga, Latvia, on Monday.Their parliament had met at midnight to declare a holiday after the national ice hockey team chalked up its best-ever result at the world championship.
At quarter to midnight on Sunday, sporting red and white national team jerseys, members of parliament convened for a 10-minute session to unanimously declare the holiday. The bill was introduced by a smiling member of parliament with her face painted in the colours of the national flag. Another giggled merrily while trying to read out the names of absent parliamentarians, to laughter from many in the hall.KRISTIANS RUBINS IN OT TO WIN BRONZE FOR LATVIA! pic.twitter.com/hdN3QomvvMBut as dawn broke after the midnight sitting, there was confusion about who was working and who was not.
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