On September 5, Saeima MPs supported collective initiatives on limiting the advertising of non-bank short-term loans as well as ensuring better help to diabetes patients.
Latvia's parliament, the Saeima, returned from summer recess September 5 to begin another parliamentary semester.
Saeima Public Expenditure and Audit Committee members on March 26 sharply criticized the Environmental Protection and Regional Development Ministry for not being more active to change the situation at Riga municipal public transport company Rigas Satiksme, while the company's senior staff who attended the meeting were criticized for being too arrogant when answering the Saeima committee members' questions.
Economics Minister Arvils Ašeradens survived a parliamentary effort to force his resignation December 10 despite the likelihood he will only be in his job for a matter of days or weeks more at most.
Months after the October 6 parliamentary election, Latvia finally seems to be on the verge of installing a new cabinet. In this short piece we explain the process in which a government is put in place.
The Latvian Saeima on December 6 voted to reject signing the United Nations Global Compact for Migration.
The Latvian Saeima made numerous decisions on electing parliamentary committees November 20.
The Latvian Saeima on November 20 made a decision on electing parliamentary committees.
An initiative on the public initiative portal manabalss.lv has collected more than 10,000 signatures over lifting compensations for incumbent MPs not reelected into the next Saeima, reported Latvian Radio November 14.
A declaration put forth recently by the New Conservative Party (JKP) is a step ahead in the talks for setting up the new government, but there's not enough money in the 2019 budget for the initiatives in the plan, said Development/For! co-chair Daniels Pavļuts appearing on LTV November 12.
Ināra Mūrniece (National Alliance) was re-elected Saeima chairwoman, the important speaker's position, on November 6, as the first order of business for the newly-elected members of the 13th Saeima.
The KPV LV party won 16 seats at the 13th Saeima election. However, but a few of them are publicly known.
The distribution of the seats in the 13th Saeima following parliamentary elections October 6 will see a significant increase in the number of female deputies.
Just two days before Latvia goes to the polls in parliamentary elections, Saeima approved a major constitutional change that will alter the way a state president is chosen.
A second member of the Latvian parliament had his parliamentary immunity lifted June 21 as a result of another urgent request from law enforcement.
The Latvian parliament or Saeima on June 20 gave Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis (Greens and Farmers Union) a month to prepare a list of officials responsible for introduction of the flawed green energy subsidy system and the so-called Mandatory Purchase Component (MPC) of electricity bills.
LTV reported June 20 that a closed-door meeting of the Saeima's Mandates, Ethics and Submissions Committee met behind closed doors this morning, with the subject for discussion apparently maverick MP Artuss Kaiminš.
Latvia's parliamentary speaker, Ināra Mūrniece will give one of the keynote speeches at a meeting of speakers from parliaments of European Union member states in Tallinn, organizers have said.
Prime Minister Māris Kučinskis addressed the Saeima Febrary 22 in his summary of the government's progress over the last 12 months.
Corruption is in full force in Latvia and groups with limited membership pursuing their own economic interests often call the tune, said Inguna Sudraba (For Latvia from the Heart party), the chairwoman of the ad hoc parliamentary committee probing the so-called "oligarch affair".
The Latvian ad hoc parliamentary committee probing the so-called "oligarch affair" says in its final report that it had spotted signs suggesting state capture but does not identify anyone by name.
The withdrawal of Saeima member Ringolds Balodis from the parliamentary faction of the For Latvia from the Heart (NSL) party has effectively put the faction out of existence.
Saeima deputy Ringolds Balodis has made the decision to leave the For Latvia from the Heart party in protest at the way party leader Inguna Sudraba is acting as chairwoman of the parliamentary committee investigating to so-called ''oligarch conversations'', the politician told LETA December 13.
The Latvian parliament, the Saeima, on October 5 gave preliminary approval to a law that would outlaw sarcastic, satirical or potentially even criminally tuneless renditions of the Latvian national anthem, Dievs, svētī Latviju.
On September 18 a public initiative signed by 11,200 Latvian residents will be submitted to the parliament, said public initiative site Manabalss.lv representative Annija Emersone. It aims to eliminate the unusual practice of allowing Saeima lawmakers to abstain from voting, in addition to the option of simply not participating in a given vote.
Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis and the current government were put on a collision course September 12 with the president submitting proposals to parliament even though a member of the three-party ruling coalition said they would veto the proposals.
Latvian President Raimonds Vējonis has sent a letter to parliament, the Saeima, listing various changes that he thinks should be made to the legislative process in order to improve its efficiency and quality.
President Raimonds Vējonis on July 28 asked Latvia's parliament, the Saeima, to reconsider the composition of a parliamentary commission tasked with investigating the so-called 'oligarch conversations' scandal.
On July 27 Latvia's parliament supported setting up a parliamentary committee to investigate the 'oligarch transcripts'.
MP Ilmars Latkovskis has decided to leave the National Alliance's Saeima group, LETA reported on June 22.