The Chapter of the Orders announces the awarding of the Order of the Three Stars in the rank of Messenger

The Chapter of Orders published notice No. 13 “On the awarding of the Order of the Three Stars” in the official publication Latvijas Vēstnesis No. 179 on September 17, 2026. The notice is placed in the “CONSTITUTIONAL INSTITUTIONS / STATE AWARDS” section of the publication with the official reference OP 2026/179. This is a public notice of the granting of the state’s highest award, available to every reader in the official publication.

What was published in the September 17 issue

In the table of contents of the publication, the Chapter of Orders is listed as a separate publishing entity in the “State Awards” section, alongside the Saeima. Several documents related to awards and constitutional institutions were published in the same issue:

• Item 5 – “On the awarding of the Order of the Three Stars”, Chapter of Orders Notice No. 13;
• Item 6 – “On the awarding of the Order of Viesturs”, Chapter of Orders Notice No. 14;
• Item 1 – Regular session of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia on September 10, 2026, Saeima session transcript.

Two order notices in one issue

In a single publication, the Chapter of Orders announces the awarding of two different state awards – the Order of the Three Stars (Notice No. 13) and the Order of Viesturs (Notice No. 14). Both notices are numbered sequentially and published under the heading of one publishing entity, allowing the reader to verify both decisions in one place. The numbering of the notices – No. 13 and No. 14 – indicates the sequence of the Chapter of Orders notices in 2026.

Official reference and public verifiability

The official reference of the publication is OP 2026/179, and it is the 179th issue of Latvijas Vēstnesis in 2026, dated September 17, 2026. Publication in the official gazette means that the fact of the award is publicly verifiable: any reader can open the relevant issue, find the “State Awards” section, and identify the notice by its number and publishing entity. The reference to the notice does not depend on internal identifiers – it is based on the public issue number and the sequence number of the notice.

Saeima session transcript in the same issue

The transcript of the regular session of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia on September 10, 2026, is also found in the same publication, published as item 1 of the issue. The transcript and the order notices form a unified constitutional institutions section, where the reader can compare the parliament session documentation with the notices of the Chapter of Orders. Both types of documents are published in one official publication with a single reference OP 2026/179.

Other sections of the publication

Outside the constitutional institutions and state awards section, documents from other institutions and local governments were also published in the September 17 issue:

• Prosecutor General’s Office – information on the appointment of the Prosecutor General;
• Bank of Latvia – Regulation No. 424, amendments to Regulation No. 236 of December 19, 2022, on the payment services fee center in the field of cash;
• Olaine Municipality Council – Binding Regulations No. SN11/2026 on the partial repeal of Binding Regulation No. 20 on the approval of the detailed plan;
• in the official notices section – job vacancy announcements, auctions, inheritance notices, court summons, and other announcements.

Why it is important

The awarding of the state’s highest honor is a decision of public significance, and its publication in Latvijas Vēstnesis ensures that the information is not available only to a limited circle, but is officially recorded and verifiable. The inclusion of Notice No. 13 in the issue of September 17, 2026, OP 2026/179, allows the media, researchers, and any interested party to refer to a specific, dated, and numbered source rather than unofficial information.

Official source

• Publication: Latvijas Vēstnesis, September 17, 2026, No. 179.
• Official reference: OP 2026/179.
• Document: “On the awarding of the Order of the Three Stars”, Chapter of Orders Notice No. 13 (item 5 of the issue, section “State Awards”).
• Related document: “On the awarding of the Order of Viesturs”, Chapter of Orders Notice No. 14 (item 6 of the issue).
• Publishing institution: Chapter of Orders.
• Corpus file: vestnesis-2026-09-17-179.full.md.