The Baltic States are facing challenges that need to be addressed at the regional level, thus strengthening of cooperation with the closest neighbouring countries should be a priority. This was emphasised by Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, during the official lunch with Irena Degutienė, Speaker of the Lithuanian parliament on Wednesday, 12 January.
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Honourable Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania,
From 11 to 12 January, Mrs.Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, will go to Lithuania on an official visit. In Vilnius, she will meet with Lithuania’s top officials and participate in events commemorating the Barricades of 1991. This will be the Speaker’s first visit abroad.
On Sunday, 9 January, Mrs.Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, sent a letter to Mr.John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, offering her condolences in regard to the Arizona shooting.
Mrs. Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima, sent a letter to Mr. John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, congratulating him on assuming the office.
I give my sincere greetings to the Orthodox and Old-believers of Latvia for the Christmas holidays.
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 (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.