We greatly value our relationship with Japan, including the active ties between our parliaments, which we want to develop further. As confirmed by high-level visits, cooperation between Latvia and Japan is expanding, emphasised Speaker Mūrniece during a meeting in the Parliament of Japan with Tadamori Oshima, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Chuichi Date, President of the House of Councillors.
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On Thursday, 20 June, the Saeima adopted in the final reading under urgent procedure amendments to the Criminal Law introducing criminal liability for non-declaration or false declaration of large sums of cash when crossing the state border.
Use of former Soviet and Nazi uniforms at public meetings, processions and pickets banned (21.06.2019.)
On Thursday, 20 June, the Saeima passed on the third reading amendments introducing a ban on the use of uniforms and their elements of the armed forces, law enforcement and repressive bodies of the USSR, its republics and Nazi Germany.
Saeima in the third reading supports amendments to the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing (14.06.2019.)
On Thursday, 13 June, the Saeima supported in the third reading the amendments to the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing. Amendments were necessary to ensure coherence between Latvian legislation and European Union law, and to eliminate the deficiencies identified in the Moneyval report of 2018.
Saeima adopts amendments to the FCMC Law to reinforce the prevention of money laundering (14.06.2019.)
On Thursday, 13 June, the Saeima adopted in the final reading amendments to the Law on the Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC) imposing several measures to reinforce prevention of money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism in the financial and capital market.
Saeima adopts amendments to the Law on International Sanctions and National Sanctions of the Republic of Latvia (14.06.2019.)
On Thursday, 13 June, the Saeima adopted amendments to the Law on International Sanctions and National Sanctions of the Republic of Latvia in the final reading under urgent procedure. These amendments are essential for the implementation of the Moneyval recommendations and the improvement of the financial system of Latvia stipulating that the UN financial and civil sanctions shall be enforced without delay.
Saeima elects Egils Levits as President of Latvia (29.05.2019.)
On Wednesday, 29 May, Egils Levits was elected as the President of Latvia. In the first round of elections, using an open ballot, 61 MPs voted for and 32 MPs voted against Mr Levits.
Saeima to hold presidential elections on 29 May (27.05.2019.)
On Wednesday, 29 May, the Saeima will hold an extraordinary sitting, scheduled to start at 10:00 with presidential elections on agenda.
On Thursday, 16 May, the Saeima passed in the second and final reading a law ratifying the Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of the Republic of North Macedonia, which will allow the western Balkan nation to became a full member of the NATO.
On Thursday, 9 May, the Saeima in the second and final reading under urgent procedure adopted amendments to the Law on the Preservation and Use of the Documents of the Former Committee for State Security and the Determination of the Fact of Collaboration with the KGB. The amendments provide for the release of the additional card index of the agents of the Committee for State Security (KGB) of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic and other documents held by the National Archives of Latvia.