In order to discuss the challenges posed to national and international security by the increasing mutual cooperation between aggressor states, an international forum “Exploring the Emerging Axis: Iran-Russia Cooperation and Implications for Israel, Latvia, the Baltics and Europe” will be held at the Saeima on Monday, 10 June. The forum is organised by the Saeima in cooperation with the European Leadership Network (ELNET).

On Thursday, 6 June, the Saeima adopted in the final reading amendments to the Cabinet Structure Law in order to reorganise the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (MoEPRD) and the Ministry of Climate and Energy (MoCE). The changes provide that MoEPRD will be called the Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development (MoSARD) as of 1 July.

The punishment for violence against family members will become more severe. Also, increased penalties for a range of other violent crimes as well as cruelty to animals have been adopted. This is provided for by the amendments to the Criminal Law adopted by the Saeima on Thursday, 6 June.

In order to preserve, maintain and develop the memorial site of the World War II in Lestene, the Saeima adopted in the third reading a new law on Thursday, 6 June. The aim of the law is to identify and remember historical events, strengthen the historical memory of the society and promote a fact-based understanding of the events in the occupied territory of Latvia in the vicinity of Lestene during the Second World War, during which the occupying countries - the Soviet Union and Germany - illegally involved the inhabitants of Latvia in their military formations.

On Thursday, 30 May, the Saeima adopted in the second and final reading second – final – reading amendments to the Consumer Rights Protection Law, stipulating that also mortgage borrowers of credit institutions in liquidation will be compensated for the total interest payments on the loans in the amount of 30 per cent. 

On Thursday, 30 May, the Saeima adopted in the final reading amendments to the Maintenance Guarantee Fund Law, enabling young adults of legal age studying abroad to receive maintenance from the state if parents do not pay it. 

On Thursday, 30 May, the Saeima adopted in the final reading amendments to the Law on Residential Properties in order to promote the renovation and proper maintenance of apartment buildings. They provide an opportunity for apartment owners to decide on issues important to the house even if a part of the residents does not engage in solving these issues. 

On Thursday, 30 May,  the Saeima adopted in the final reading amendments to the Law on the Handling of Real Estate to Prevent Threats to National Security and amendments to the Law on Assistance to Ukrainian Civilians in order to allow the state to transfer the acquired money to Ukraine after the sale of the Moscow House. 

On Thursday, 30 May, the Saeima adopted in the second and final reading urgent amendments to the Commercial Law, according to which in cases where the joint stock company does not have all the current data on the shareholder, it will be allowed to submit an incompletely completed first-time shareholder register to the Register of Enterprises.

Speakers of the parliaments of Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Poland, and France call on Georgia to withdraw the recently adopted “foreign agent” law. The parliament speakers sent a joint letter to Shalva Papuashvili, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, underlining that the spirit and the content of the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, adopted by the Georgian Parliament, are incompatible with European norms and values. The idea to call on Georgia to repeal the controversial law arose last week in Riga during the meeting of Daiga Mieriņa, Speaker of the Saeima, and Markéta Pekarová Adamová, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament.