On Thursday, 31 March, the Saeima adopted a statement condemning the conviction based on falsified evidence and politically motivated accusations of Nadiya Savchenko, member of the Ukrainian parliament and air force pilot.
Press releases
Speaker of the Saeima to visit the US and Canada (08.04.2016.)
Ināra Mūrniece, Speaker of the Saeima, will visit the United States of America and Canada to discuss, in line with Latvia’s foreign policy priorities, the current international situation, the security of the Baltic region, and preparations for the upcoming NATO summit in Warsaw.
Speaker of the Saeima: the Warsaw Summit should reach the decision on long-term NATO presence in the Baltics (30.03.2016.)
On Wednesday, 30 March, Ināra Mūrniece, Speaker of the Saeima, met with General Philip Mark Breedlove, Commander of the U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of NATO Allied Command Operations, at the parliament.
Ināra Mūrniece, Speaker of the Saeima, strongly condemns the terrorist attacks carried out in Brussels on 22 March, expresses her deepest condolences to the families of those killed and wishes quick recovery to those injured in the attacks.
“As a reliable ally and true friend, we wish the Ukrainian people to shape the future they desire – in a free, democratic and European country where there is no war and where kids have joyful and happy childhood,” said Ināra Mūrniece, Speaker of the Saeima, today, on 17 March, as she addressed the participants of the international project “Children for Peace Around the World” in the Latvian parliament.
On Thursday, 10 March, the Saeima in the third and final reading adopted amendments to the Criminal Law. Inter alia, the Law has been supplemented with a new section establishing criminal liability for employers who pay salaries to their employees without registering these payments in their accounting.
Saeima supports higher pension indexation as of 2017 (10.03.2016.)
On Thursday, 3 March, the Saeima in the second and final reading adopted amendments to the Law on State Pensions that provide for a higher pension indexation as of 2017, whereby the pension indexation will be based on 50% of insurance contribution from wages instead of the current 25%.
Saeima preliminarily supports amendments to the Criminal Law aimed at addressing threats of hybrid warfare (03.03.2016.)
On Thursday, 3 March, the Saeima in the first reading adopted amendments to the Criminal Law, which substantially revise and adjust current provisions of the Law regarding the responsibility for crimes against the state. MPs agreed on the urgency of these amendments and decided to consider them in the second and final reading on 7 April.
Membership threshold of 500 to be applied to political parties running for the Saeima or European Parliament (03.03.2016.)
On Thursday, 3 March, the Saeima adopted in the third and final reading amendments to the Saeima Election Law, the Elections to the European Parliament Law and the Law on Political Parties, stipulating that henceforth political parties or unions thereof wishing to run in elections of the Saeima or the European Parliament must have at least 500 members.
On Thursday, 3 March, with 49 votes for and 45 against, the Saeima appointed Juris Jansons as Ombudsman for the second consecutive term.