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In 2025, women held 33.6% of the seats in national parliaments across the EU, marking a 5.4 percentage points (pp) increase compared with 2015. Latvia fared slightly worse than this at 31% – despite famously having more women than men than anywhere else, as a proportion of the population.
There may be only 100 members of the Latvian parliament, but that didn't stop nearly a tenth of them falling foul of either the law or the Saeima's own rules between September last year and January this year.
Latvia's parliament, the Saeima, on February 19th adopted a statement marking four years since the launch of Russia's brutal and illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Three MPs – Iļja Ivanovs, Igors Judins, and Amils Saļimovs– have left the Saeima faction For Stability!, according to information available to Latvian Television. This leaves only five MPs in the faction.
Latvia's parliament, the Saeima on Thursday, February 5, emphasized in a special statement its desire to strengthen and deepen cooperation with both Canada and the United States in the areas of security, economy and technology.
The annual foreign policy debates will be held at Latvia's parliament, the Saeima, on Thursday, January 29th.
Latvia's parliament, the Saeima, on January 15th approved the mandate of Liene Gātere as its newest member.
After a long absence, Saeima MP Edgars Zelderis has died, the Saeima Press Service confirmed to the LETA news agency.
Saeima deputies were back at it on Thursday, December 4th, having put in a 12-hour shift (with regular breaks) during a day of budget debates on Wednesday.
Saeima deputies got down to the business of giving the 2026 state budget its final reading on Wednesday, December 3rd – a process that is likely to take quite a long time given that they will need to work their way through hundreds of proposed amendments before they get to the final vote.
Latvia's parliament, the Saeima, may have passed the government's spending plans for 2026 in a first reading, but deputies will have plenty more work to do on it as almost 600 amendments have been appended to it ahead of its second reading.
Six members of the 14th Saeima were held administratively liable between the end of April and September of this year, mainly for road traffic offences, the Mandates, Ethics and Submissions Committee to the Saeima on Thursday, November 13th.
On November 14th the representatives and the Speakers of the Baltic parliaments, and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Baltic States come together in the Saeima, the Parliament of Latvia, for the 44th Session of the Baltic Assembly and the 31st Baltic Council.
On Thursday, November 6, after more than 12 hours of work in the first reading, the parliament conceptually supported the 2026 state budget bill with three priorities – security, support for families with children, and education, for which additional funding of nearly 700 million is planned.
On Wednesday, November 5th, Latvia's parliament, the Saeima, decided to leave a final decision on whether to leave the Istanbul Convention until late next year.
On October 30th, a majority of Saeima deputies voted for Latvia to leave the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, commonly known as the Istanbul Convention.
The Nordic advantage lies in the ability to act together – to build trust across borders, to make decisions based on shared values, and to defend a rules-based international order. The Baltic countries, on the other hand, have a deep understanding of what is needed to protect freedom, so Nordic and Baltic regional unity is our greatest advantage. Such was message of the President of the Baltic Assembly, Head of the Latvian delegation, Jānis Vucāns (Greens and Farmers Union, ZZS), addressing the participants of the 77th session of the Nordic Council in the Swedish capital Stockholm, according to a Saiema release on October 30th.
On Thursday, 30 October, the Saeima will consider in its second - final - reading the draft law on Latvia's withdrawal from the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention), which has been declared urgent (requiring two instead of three readings).
Members of the Latvian Parliament are preparing for the second round of national budget proposals, looking for new ways to save money or sources of funding for different needs, Latvian Television reported on 27 October.
On Monday, October 27, the Saeima Budget and Finance Committee began reviewing the package of draft laws accompanying next year's budget. It includes nearly 50 draft laws, including changes to taxes and the service pension system.
On Thursday, October 23, after lengthy debates, the Saeima supported withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention in its first reading.
On Thursday, 23 October, the Saeima will consider the draft law on Latvia's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention in the first reading, the Saeima Foreign Affairs Committee decided on Wednesday. The draft law is being submitted to the Saeima for urgent consideration - it will be decided on in two readings.
The Saeima has started work on next year's national budget. On Thursday, 16 October, MPs handed over to the Saeima committees the draft budget for next year and the accompanying package of nearly 50 draft laws.
On Thursday, 16 October, the Saeima confirmed the mandate of Jānis Dinevičs (Greens and Farmers Union) as a Member of the 14th Saeima.
Wednesday, October 15 saw Speaker of the Saeima Daiga Mieriņa receive the 2026 draft state budget draft from Minister of Finance Arvils Ašeradens, who made the short walk around the corner from his office in the Ministry of Finance.
Less than two years on from the date when it ratified the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention and Suppression of Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, commonly known as the Istanbul Convention, Latvia's parliament on September 25th took a step towards making a spectacular U-turn and quitting the convention.
Latvia's parliament, the Saeima, is hosting a conference on Friday, September 19th on the subject of economic and social development challenges and opportunities along Latvia's eastern borderlands.
Nearly 10,000 votes have been collected for the initiation of a referendum on the dismissal of the Saeima, according to the information on the Central Election Commission website.
The Saeima on Thursday, 4 September, endorsed the government's decision to declare an agricultural emergency until 4 November to tackle the threat of disaster linked to the effects of prolonged rains and flooding.
On Thursday, 4 September, the Saeima approved the mandate of 14th Saeima deputy Jeļena Kļaviņa (For Stability!) to replace the resigned Viktors Pučka. Kļaviņa then put down the mandate right after accepting it.
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