On Friday, 12 November, the Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Committees and European Affairs Committees of several European countries sent a joint letter to the leaders of EU and NATO institutions, strongly condemning the ongoing hybrid attacks by the Lukashenko regime at the eastern borders of the EU and NATO.

On Thursday, 11 November, the Saeima adopted in the second and final reading urgent amendments, stipulating criminal liability for obtaining or possessing falsified interoperable COVID-19 vaccination, testing, or recovery certificates.

On 11 November, the Saeima supported in the final reading amendments to the Hunting Law that stipulate the minimal area requirement for the registration of hunting districts.

On Wednesday, 10 November, Vita Anda Tērauda, Chair of the European Affairs Committee of the Saeima, took part in a remote meeting with the heads of the European Affairs Committees of the Parliaments of Estonia, Lithuania, and Poland and discussed the current situation on the border with Belarus.

Targeted investments in technology and innovation are significant not only to ensure that the Baltic States recover from the crisis created by the COVID‑19 pandemic as quickly as possible, but also to draw from this experience and strengthen the competitiveness of our countries and their economies on an international scale, said Jānis Vucāns, the newly elected President of the Baltic Assembly (BA) and Head of the Latvian delegation to the organisation, at the 40th Session of the BA in Vilnius, capital of Lithuania.

“The crisis caused by the pandemic is yet another opportunity for the Baltic states to look for ways to cooperate more closely and tackle this common global challenge. We must work together to recover from the COVID‑19 crisis as soon as possible and to achieve long‑term growth in the region,” said Dagmāra Beitnere‑Le Galla, Deputy Speaker of the Saeima, on Friday, 5 November, in her opening address at the 40th Session of the Baltic Assembly in Vilnius, capital of Lithuania.

During the official ceremony in Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, art historian Ginta Gerharde-Upeniece was awarded the Baltic Assembly (BA) Prize for the Arts for organising the international exhibition series Wild Souls. Symbolism in the Art of the Baltic States.

On Thursday, 4 November, the Saeima adopted in the second and final reading the urgent amendments to the Law on the Management of the Spread of COVID‑19 Infection. The amendments provide for a legal framework for employment relationships for cases when a certificate of COVID‑19 vaccination or recovery is necessary to perform work.