We can learn from the predecessors of our Parliament the importance of not losing clarity about the greater goal to be achieved—and not getting lost in the trifling matters of everyday life. One hundred years ago, in this building, our predecessors set themselves the goal of building a free and democratic Latvia, and they chose the path of parliamentarism. A difficult, complex, winding, and steep path, but ultimately the only right path. A path that has largely determined who we are, what our country is now and what it will be like a hundred years from now, said Edvards Smiltēns, Speaker of the Saeima, on Monday, 7 November, at the ceremonial sitting of the Saeima dedicated to the centenary of the first sitting of the 1st Saeima and the entry into force of the Constitution (Satversme).

One hundred years ago, on 7 November 1922, at 12:00, the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia convened for its first sitting at the building in Jēkaba iela. With the convening of the 1st Saeima, Satversme–the fundamental law of the state of Latvia–came into force. In honour of these events, on Monday, 7 November, at 12:00, the 14th Saeima will convene for a ceremonial sitting, at which Edvards Smiltēns, Speaker of the Saeima, will deliver a speech.

On Tuesday, 1 November, the 14th convocation of the Saeima elected its Presidium in an open procedure with ballot papers.

On Tuesday, 1 November, the 14th Saeima elected Edvards Smiltēns as the Speaker of the Saeima.

On Tuesday, 1 November, the 14th convocation of the Saeima held its first sitting during which it approved the mandates of 99 MPs after they had given a solemn oath of office.

On Thursday, 1 November, at 10:00, the 14th Saeima will convene for its first sitting.

The youth photo contest “Freedom. Independence. Democracy” has concluded, and the 12 best photos have been announced.

Latvian scientists Gustavs Strengs, Andris Levāns, Renāte Berga, and Laura Kreigere-Liepiņa were awarded the Baltic Assembly (BA) Prize for Science at a ceremony on Friday, 28 October. The prize was awarded for the collective monograph "Catalogue of the Riga Jesuit College Book Collection (1583­–1621): history and reconstruction of the collection."

“The Baltic people still remember the Soviet occupation of 1940, the lies and humiliations, the struggles of the national resistance movements, the Soviet repressions, and the marginalisation of Latvians, Lithuanians, and Estonians under the Soviet occupying regime. We understand our Ukrainian brothers, and we are doing and will continue to do everything within our power to protect the path of development chosen by the Ukrainian people towards decent life based in European values. What happened during the 50 years of occupation in the Baltics cannot repeat in Ukraine,” said Ināra Mūrniece, Speaker of the Saeima, while opening the 41st Session of the Baltic Assembly on 28 October.