On Tuesday, 25 October, the Saeima during its extraordinary plenary sitting with 57 votes for and 38 votes against once again approved Valdis Dombrovskis as the Prime Minister and gave a vote of confidence to his Cabinet of Ministers.
Press releases
Legal Affairs Committee: Election of officials by secret ballot should be discontinued (27.10.2011.)
On Thursday, 27 October, Legal Affairs Committee of the Saeima unanimously supported the draft law which will revoke the provision of the Rules of Procedure of the Saeima on electing officials by secret ballot. The Committee arrived at this decision after getting acquainted with those draft laws whose consideration was initiated by the previous convocation and can be continued by the 11th Saeima.
On Thursday, 27 October, Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, signed the book of condolence in the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Riga paying tribute to the memory of Bronislovas Lubys, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania.
Speaker Solvita Āboltiņa conveys condolences to Turkey (24.10.2011.)
On Monday, 24 October, Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, in her letter to Cemil Çiçek, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Turkey, expressed condolences regarding the devastating earthquake in the Van province that took lives of more than 200 people.
The 11th Saeima elects its Presidium (18.10.2011.)
On Tuesday, 18 October, the 11th Saeima elected its Presidium by secret ballot.
Āboltiņa becomes the second Speaker in Latvia’s history who has been re-elected for a second term (18.10.2011.)
On Tuesday, 18 October, Solvita Āboltiņa was elected as the Speaker of the 11th Saeima; thus she has become the second Speaker of the Saeima in the history of Latvia who has been re-elected as the Speaker after the election of a new parliament.
Speaker expresses condolences to the Estonian people (18.10.2011.)
On Sunday, 15 October, Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, in her letter to Ene Ergma, Speaker of the Estonian parliament, expressed condolences regarding the death of Agris Hutrof, a corporal of the Estonian contingent who died while serving in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. On behalf of the Saeima, Speaker Āboltiņa expressed heartfelt condolences to the Estonian people and the soldier’s family.
Mandates of members of the 11th Saeima approved (17.10.2011.)
On Monday, 17 October, the 11th Saeima held its first sitting during which it approved the mandates of 100 MPs.
Winners of the Baltic Assembly Prize in 2011 (14.10.2011.)
On Friday, 14 October, the Joint Judging Committee convened in the Saeima to evaluate nominees for the Baltic Assembly Prizes, and it decided to award the Prize for the Arts to Andris Nelsons, a conductor; the Prize for Literature to Arvydas Juozaitis, a philosopher and writer; and the Prize for Science to Andres Ilmar Kasekamp.
On Monday, 17 October, the 11th Saeima will hold its first sitting. It will begin at 9:00 a.m.