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This year the Baltic Assembly Prize for the Arts has been awarded to Alvis Hermanis, director of the New Riga Theatre, for creative achievement in staging several plays, especially Oblomov. The award ceremony of the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science, as well the Baltic Assembly medals for upholding the unity and cooperation of the Baltic States, took place during the 33rd Session of the Baltic Assembly on Thursday, 23 October in Tallinn, Estonia.
On Friday, 24 October, Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, invited Eiki Nestor, Speaker of the Estonian Parliament, and Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Lithuanian Parliament, to Riga for the inauguration of the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The invitation was extended during a meeting of speakers of the Baltic parliaments as part of the 33rd Session of the Baltic Assembly hosted in the capital of Estonia, Tallinn.
On Friday, 24 October, the Baltic Assembly during its 33rd Session defined the following main priorities for 2015: developing a growing, credible and secure Baltic region; sustainable and competitive society in the region; and development of regional networks.
Considering the embargo imposed by Russia on foodstuffs from the European Union, on Friday, 24 October, the Baltic Assembly adopted an appeal to the European Commission to promptly take a positive decision on granting of direct compensatory aid to milk producers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in order to avoid irreversible consequences in the milk sector of the Baltic States
“Turkey is one of the countries that have consistently refused to recognise the occupation of Latvia. Now, after ten years in the European Union and NATO, we know how important it is to have the support and understanding of other member states. Therefore, Latvia fully supports further enlargement of the EU and Turkey’s candidacy for membership”, declared Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, after her meeting on 23 October with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the newly elected President of the Republic of Turkey. Latvia is the first EU member state he has officially visited since being elected.
On Thursday, 23 October, the Saeima in the final reading adopted amendments to the Law on the Supervision of the Handling of Food, which set the limits of permissible content of trans fats in foodstuffs to promote the availability of healthier food options.
On Thursday, 16 October, the Saeima in the second and final reading adopted urgent amendments to the Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law introducing electronic monitoring of convicted individuals as an alternative to imprisonment.
On Thursday, 16 October, the Saeima adopted amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Saeima and thus introduced several changes in the law that regulates the work of the parliament.
On Friday, 17 October, the European Affairs Committee approved the topics that will be addressed during the parliamentary meetings of Latvia’s first Presidency of the Council of the European Union. It is expected to hold six parliamentary meetings during the Presidency.
On Thursday, 16 October, during her official visit to Moldova, Inese Lībiņa-Egnere, Deputy Speaker of the Saeima, met with Liliana Palihovici, Vice Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, and emphasised that Latvia and Moldova have all the prerequisites for stronger parliamentary ties: excellent political dialogue, interparliamentary cooperation groups in both parliaments and mutual willingness to cooperate on the sectoral committee level.
