Press releases

The first foreign policy debate to be held in the Saeima in late January (05.01.2011.)
For the first time a debate on foreign policy and European Union matters will be held in the Saeima at the end of January.
41 MPs decided to do without hard-copy documents (04.01.2011.)
Since the 10th Saeima convened, 41 members of parliament have already renounced hard copies of documents related to plenary sittings. A symbolic green spruce is glued on their file boxes.
The Saeima adopts the state budget for 2011
The Saeima adopts the state budget for 2011 (20.12.2010.)
On Monday, 20 December, at the extraordinary plenary sitting the Saeima adopted in the final reading the state budget for 2011. The budget was adopted with 54 MPs voting for, 38 voting against, and one abstaining.
Christmas greetings from Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, to the people of Latvia (19.12.2010.)
Christmas is a season of peace, love and serene joyfulness. It has a special magic – while nature sinks into darkness, we are able to find light within ourselves. We light candles and prepare gifts for our loved ones. We know that it does not take much to make the holiday season a lot brighter.
Gifts for children are made at the Christmas workshop located by the main building of the Saeima
Gifts for children are made at the Christmas workshop located by the main building of the Saeima (17.12.2010.)
On Thursday, 16 December, gingerbread biscuits were iced, and Christmas-tree decorations, as well as other gifts for children, were made at the creative Christmas workshop located by the main building of the Saeima. Speaker Solvita Āboltiņa, MPs, families with children and staff members of the Saeima were involved in the workshop.
Mrs. Solvita Āboltiņa expresses her gratitude to the parliament of Iceland for supporting the Baltic States’ striving for independence (17.12.2010.)
On Thursday, 16 December, Mrs. Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, in addressing MPs at the plenary sitting, expressed her gratitude to the parliament of Iceland for the Parliamentary Resolution on Support for the Baltic States’ Strife for Independence, which was adopted twenty years ago.
Speaker Solvita Āboltiņa: Drafting of next year’s budget is characterised by stability, partnership and responsibility
Speaker Solvita Āboltiņa: Drafting of next year’s budget is characterised by stability, partnership and responsibility (10.12.2010.)
On Friday, 10 December, while meeting with social partners and parliament’s cooperation partners, Speaker Solvita Āboltiņa emphasised that stability, partnership and responsibility are the key words describing the process of adopting the state budget for 2011. Mrs. Āboltiņa expressed gratification at the fact that Latvia is one of the few European countries that has managed to draft a stabilization budget for the year 2011. “We have to join our efforts and do our best in order for the 2012 budget to be a development budget,” said the Speaker.
Draft state budget for 2011 is submitted to the Saeima
Draft state budget for 2011 is submitted to the Saeima (08.12.2010.)
On Tuesday, 7 December, the draft state budget for 2011, which was prepared by the Cabinet of Ministers, was submitted to the Saeima.
The new version of website attracts visitors to the Saeima’s profiles on social networks (06.12.2010.)
During the first month since the introduction of the new version of Saeima’s website, the number of persons who have visited the Saeima’s profile on Twitter, Flickr and YouTube has increased. Links to these social networks have now been included in the parliament’s website, and visitors of the website show an interest in learning about the Saeima’s work as reflected in photos and videos.
The Christmas tree of the Saeima was lighted
The Christmas tree of the Saeima was lighted (03.12.2010.)
On Thursday, 2 December, the Christmas tree set up next to the main building of the Saeima was lighted.
Trešdien, 15.maijā
09:00  Eiropas lietu komisijas sēde
09:15  Saeimas priekšsēdētājas V.E. Daigas Mieriņas tikšanās ar Čehijas Republikas parlamenta Deputātu palātas priekšsēdētāju V.E. Markéta Pekarová Adamová
10:00  Budžeta un finanšu (nodokļu) komisijas sēde
10:00  Saeimas priekšsēdētājas V.E. Daigas Mieriņas un Čehijas Republikas parlamenta Deputātu palātas priekšsēdētājas V.E. Markéta Pekarová Adamová kopējs preses brīfings
10:00  Izglītības, kultūras un zinātnes komisijas sēde
10:00  Aizsardzības, iekšlietu un korupcijas novēršanas komisijas sēde
10:00  Valsts pārvaldes un pašvaldības komisijas sēde
10:00  Tautsaimniecības, agrārās, vides un reģionālās politikas komisijas sēde
10:00  Sociālo un darba lietu komisijas sēde
10:10  Ārlietu komisijas sēde
10:15  Cilvēktiesību un sabiedrisko lietu komisijas sēde
11:30  Saeimas deputātu grupas sadarbības veicināšanai ar Kazahstānas parlamentu deputātu tikšanās ar Kazahstānas Republikas ārlietu ministra vietnieku Roman Vassilenko
12:00  Ziedu nolikšanas ceremonija pie Brīvības pieminekļa par godu Čehijas Republikas parlamenta Deputātu palātas priekšsēdētājas V.E. Markéta Pekarová Adamová oficiālajai vizītei Latvijas Republikā
12:00  Publisko izdevumu un revīzijas komisijas sēde
12:00  Nacionālās drošības komisijas sēde
12:00  Ilgtspējīgas attīstības komisijas sēde
16:00  Saeimas deputātu grupas sadarbības veicināšanai ar Ķīnas parlamentu deputātu tikšanās ar Ķīnas Tautas Republikas ārkārtējo un pilnvaroto vēstnieku Latvijas Republikā V.E. Tang Songgen