Press releases

Speaker Solvita Āboltiņa conveys her condolences to the people of the U.S. (09.01.2011.)
On Sunday, 9 January, Mrs.Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, sent a letter to Mr.John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, offering her condolences in regard to the Arizona shooting.
Speaker Āboltiņa congratulates new U.S. Congress Speaker Boehner (07.01.2011.)
Mrs. Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, sent a letter to Mr. John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, congratulating him on assuming the office.
Christmas greetings from Mrs.Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, to the people of Latvia on Orthodox and Old-believers’ Christmas (06.01.2011.)
I give my sincere greetings to the Orthodox and Old-believers of Latvia for the Christmas holidays.
The first foreign policy debate to be held in the Saeima in late January (05.01.2011.)
For the first time a debate on foreign policy and European Union matters will be held in the Saeima at the end of January.
41 MPs decided to do without hard-copy documents (04.01.2011.)
Since the 10th Saeima convened, 41 members of parliament have already renounced hard copies of documents related to plenary sittings. A symbolic green spruce is glued on their file boxes.
The Saeima adopts the state budget for 2011
The Saeima adopts the state budget for 2011 (20.12.2010.)
On Monday, 20 December, at the extraordinary plenary sitting the Saeima adopted in the final reading the state budget for 2011. The budget was adopted with 54 MPs voting for, 38 voting against, and one abstaining.
Christmas greetings from Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, to the people of Latvia (19.12.2010.)
Christmas is a season of peace, love and serene joyfulness. It has a special magic – while nature sinks into darkness, we are able to find light within ourselves. We light candles and prepare gifts for our loved ones. We know that it does not take much to make the holiday season a lot brighter.
Gifts for children are made at the Christmas workshop located by the main building of the Saeima
Gifts for children are made at the Christmas workshop located by the main building of the Saeima (17.12.2010.)
On Thursday, 16 December, gingerbread biscuits were iced, and Christmas-tree decorations, as well as other gifts for children, were made at the creative Christmas workshop located by the main building of the Saeima. Speaker Solvita Āboltiņa, MPs, families with children and staff members of the Saeima were involved in the workshop.
Mrs. Solvita Āboltiņa expresses her gratitude to the parliament of Iceland for supporting the Baltic States’ striving for independence (17.12.2010.)
On Thursday, 16 December, Mrs. Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, in addressing MPs at the plenary sitting, expressed her gratitude to the parliament of Iceland for the Parliamentary Resolution on Support for the Baltic States’ Strife for Independence, which was adopted twenty years ago.
Speaker Solvita Āboltiņa: Drafting of next year’s budget is characterised by stability, partnership and responsibility
Speaker Solvita Āboltiņa: Drafting of next year’s budget is characterised by stability, partnership and responsibility (10.12.2010.)
On Friday, 10 December, while meeting with social partners and parliament’s cooperation partners, Speaker Solvita Āboltiņa emphasised that stability, partnership and responsibility are the key words describing the process of adopting the state budget for 2011. Mrs. Āboltiņa expressed gratification at the fact that Latvia is one of the few European countries that has managed to draft a stabilization budget for the year 2011. “We have to join our efforts and do our best in order for the 2012 budget to be a development budget,” said the Speaker.
Trešdien, 18.septembrī
09:00  Valsts pārvaldes un pašvaldības komisijas sēde (turpinājums)
09:00  Pieprasījumu komisijas sēde
09:00  Eiropas lietu komisijas sēde
09:30  Aizsardzības, iekšlietu un korupcijas novēršanas komisijas sēde
10:00  Budžeta un finanšu (nodokļu) komisijas sēde
10:00  Juridiskās komisijas sēde
10:00  Izglītības, kultūras un zinātnes komisijas sēde
10:00  Valsts pārvaldes un pašvaldības komisijas sēde
10:00  Tautsaimniecības, agrārās, vides un reģionālās politikas komisijas sēde
10:00  Sociālo un darba lietu komisijas sēde
10:15  Cilvēktiesību un sabiedrisko lietu komisijas sēde
12:00  Mandātu, ētikas un iesniegumu komisijas sēde
12:00  Publisko izdevumu un revīzijas komisijas sēde
12:00  Ilgtspējīgas attīstības komisijas sēde
15:30  Cilvēktiesību un sabiedrisko lietu komisijas Mediju politikas apakškomisijas sēde
15:30  Parlamentārā izmeklēšanas komisija par "Rail Baltica" projekta parlamentārās kontroles nodrošināšanu, lai apzinātu projekta īstenošanā pieļautās kļūdas un panāktu, ka tas kļūst par prioritāru valdības jautājumu un lēmumi tiek pieņemti pārskatāmi, laikus un ievērojot Latvijas valsts un visas sabiedrības intereses, ietekmi uz Latvijas tautsaimniecību un valsts budžetu sēde