Upon presentation of an interoperable COVID-19 certificate, it will also be possible to present a driver’s licence as well as a school card, student’s card, old-age retirement or early retirement pensioner’s card to establish the identity of the holder. This is outlined in the amendment, recognised as urgent, to the Law on the Management of the Spread of COVID-19 Infection, approved by the Saeima in the final reading on Thursday, 16 December.
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On Thursday, December 16, in the third reading, the Saeima supported amendments to the Law on the Protection of the Children’s Rights, which provide for changes in the regulation on the adoption of children abroad.
One-off support payment to overcome the COVID-19 crisis will also be paid to persons with alternative status (16.12.2021.)
On Thursday, 16 December, the Saeima adopted amendments to the Law on the Suppression of Consequences of the Spread of COVID-19 Infection, which provide for one-off support payment to persons with alternative status as well.
Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the European Affairs Committee of the Saeima held a joint meeting on Wednesday, 15 December, to discuss current foreign policy issues. In the meeting, MPs discussed the annual report of the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the accomplishments and planned future activities in national foreign policy and European Union matters.
According to the decision of the Presidium of the Saeima on reducing the Saeima budget for 2021 and allocating the funding to the Ministry of Healthcare, the resources of the Saeima budget to the tune of 2.35 million Euros that were not used this year for the initially intended purpose, will be allocated to fund the needs of the healthcare sector.
"The strength of the European Union (EU) lies in its unanimity. A unanimous EU will be respected internationally," said Ināra Mūrniece, Speaker of the Saeima, on Friday, 10 December, in her opening address at the online discussion "Conference on the Future of Europe: Exchange of Thoughts," where representatives of NGOs and the Saeima shared their ideas and opinions on the future of Europe.
On Thursday, 9 December, the Saeima approved Irēna Kucina for the position of a judge of the Constitutional Court.
On Thursday, 9 December, the Saeima in the second and final reading adopted the amendments to the Health Care Financing Law, which were recognised as urgent, stipulating that health care services within the framework of the State compulsory health insurance will be available to residents until 2023 the same way as before — regardless of the contributions made.
The United States of America (USA) has always been a reliable and secure ally of Latvia, and also today, at a time when the Baltic States, Poland and Ukraine protect not only their own, but the entire Europe’s external borders, the political, diplomatic and military support of the United States is geopolitically and strategically invaluable and important. This was emphasised by Inese Lībiņa-Egnere, Deputy Speaker of the Saeima and Chair of the National Security Committee, and Rihards Kols, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Saeima, during a working visit to the USA.
Ināra Mūrniece at Rumbula Memorial: commemoration and investigation of the Holocaust is our moral and political commitment (30.11.2021.)
"The commemoration and historical investigation of the Holocaust is our moral and political commitment. We are strongly committed to this, both in our own country and internationally. In order to prevent such atrocities from repeating, it is necessary not only to know, but also to analyse the causes of these horrific tragedies. One should know that even in seemingly hopeless situations there are opportunities to resist, as was done by Jewish rescuers in Latvia," said Ināra Mūrniece, Speaker of the Saeima, on Tuesday, November 30, addressing participants of the Commemorative event dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the massacre of the Riga ghetto prisoners at the Rumbula Memorial.