Press releases
On 11 December 2009, the Saeima members at a workshop with NGO representatives focussed on new opportunities for EU citizens to participate in the EU decision-making process and invited inhabitants to actively use this new opportunity provided by the Treaty of Lisbon and propose new legislative initiatives.
The Saeima Presidium and heads of committees and parliamentary groups decided at a special meeting on 3 December that the Saeima will become actively involved in the EU legislative process by using the opportunities provided by the European Union (EU) Treaty of Lisbon.
On Tuesday, 1 December, the Parliament of Latvia (Saeima) at the second reading adopted the State Budget for 2010 and budget-related draft laws, which were submitted by the government.
Winners receive Baltic Assembly prizes in Vilnius (27.11.2009.)
On Friday, 27 November, in Vilnius, Lithuania, the Baltic Assembly (BA) 2009 prizes for literature, the arts and science were awarded.
Honourable Prime Minister,Honourable colleagues, members of the Saeima, Ministers,Excellencies,Ladies and gentlemen,
Taking the floor in the debates at the Assembly’s Autumn Session, which is taking place from 13 to 17 November in Edinburgh (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Vaira Paegle, head of the Latvian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, expressed doubts about Europe’s new security architecture proposed by Russia.
Members of the Saeima will participate in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s (NATO PA) Autumn Session, which will take place from 13 to 17 November in the city of Edinburgh, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The Parliament of Latvia has supported at the first reading the draft law on the state budget for 2010 (05.11.2009.)
On Thursday, 5 November, the Parliament of Latvia (Saeima) at the first reading supported in principle the draft law on the next year’s state budget submitted by the government.
Winners of the Baltic Assembly Prize in 2009 (16.10.2009.)
On Friday, 16 October, at the parliament of the Republic of Latvia, an international jury assessed the candidates for the annual Baltic Assembly (BA) Prize and determined that the Prize for Literature should be awarded to Inga Ābele for her novel Paisums (High Tide), the BA Prize for the Arts should be awarded to Estonian artist Marko Mäetamm, and the BA Prize for Science should be awarded to Leonardas Sauka, a folklore researcher from Lithuania
Parliament of Latvia extends the mandate of the Latvian troops in a military mission in Afghanistan (15.10.2009.)
On Thursday, 15 October, the Parliament of Latvia (Saeima) decided to extend the mandate of troops from the National Armed Forces of Latvia in a NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan till 13 October 2010.