On Tuesday, 31 March, Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica, Deputy Speaker of the Saeima, met at the Saeima with Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore, to discuss opportunities for closer cooperation between partners in Europe and Asia. This is the first time a Minister of Foreign Affairs of Singapore has went on a visit to Latvia.

Daiga Mieriņa, Speaker of the Saeima, addressed her counterparts at the Bucha Summit on Tuesday, 31 March, and highlighted that the international community cannot allow  Russian murderers who have murdered Ukrainian civilians to glorify aggression at global forums.

The veil of illusion has fallen – Russia is Europe’s largest threat, said Daiga Mieriņa, Speaker of the Saeima, while meeting Włodzimierz Czarzasty, Marshal of the Sejm – the Parliament of Poland –, in Warsaw on Tuesday, 30 March. Speaker Mieriņa is on an introductory visit in Warsaw. Marshal Czarzasty took office in November 2025. 

On Thursday, 26 March, the Saeima adopted in the final reading amendments to the Law on Financing National Defence, which provide for increasing national defence spending to 5% of the gross domestic product (GDP).

On Thursday, 26 March, the Saeima adopted in the final reading amendments to the Law on the Establishment of the Selonia Military Training Area to speed up the development of infrastructure on-site and strengthen Latvia’s defence capabilities.

On Thursday, 26 March, the Saeima adopted amendments to the Law on the Election of the Saeima stipulating that votes cast in the elections of the 15th convocation of the Saeima shall be counted manually.

On Thursday, 26 March 2026, the Saeima adopted in the final reading the Law on Limiting the Increase of Fuel Prices which provides for temporary measures aimed at mitigating the economic and social impact of rising fuel prices.

In the name of public safety, on Thursday, 26 March, the Saeima adopted in the final reading stricter rules for residence permit holders who have violated the law. It will be possible to revoke temporary residence permits issued to foreigners if they have systematically committed administrative violations within one year.

Recognising the need to restore historical justice in respect of persons subjected to repressions and to eliminate the adverse legal consequences affecting them, on Thursday, 19 March, the Saeima adopted a declaration condemning the use of repressive psychiatric methods in Latvia during the totalitarian communist occupation by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.