Monday, May 7

- Meetings of the Committee of the Cabinet of Ministers.

-Meeting of the parliamentary faction of the Reform Party.

-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Saeima Ojar Kalnins and a group of deputies meet with the deputy of the assistant of the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Susan M. Elliott.

-President of Latvia Andris Berzins participates in the meeting of the Military Council.

-The «United understanding of history of Latvia – for a united future: the end of the Second World War and the Latvian National Resistance movement» conference takes place in Riga.

-Prime Minister of Latvia Valdis Dombrovskis travels to Sweden with a working visit.

Tuesday, May 8

-Meetings of the Saeima standing commissions:

The Judicial Commission prepares amendments to the Law of Criminal Procedure during the third hearing.

The Budget-Finance Commission reviews amendments to the «Law of Taxes and Fees», the «Law of Insurance Companies and their Supervision», the «Law of Savings Associations», the «Law of Credit Institutions and the Law of Credit Registry».

The Commission on Defense, Internal Affairs and Corruption Prevention reviews amendments to the «Law of Personal Identification» and Saeima decision on the «Approval of the state defence concept» project.

The Commission on Public Administration and Local Government prepares amendments to the «Law of Pre-election Agitation» before the first hearing.

-A joint meeting of the Saeima Judicial Commission, Council of Justice and the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during which the «Pleas, reviewed by the European Court of Human Rights, that are based on the imperfection of national courts» reports will be read.

-President of Latvia Andris Berzins welcomes the ambassador of Kosovo to Latvia Lulzim Peci who comes to Latvia with an accreditation visit, participates in the commemorative ceremony dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Second World War and the Victory over Nazism, meets with the Director General of the UN World Intellectual Property Organization Francis Harry, as well as meets with the Chairman of the Committee on Defense, Internal Affairs and Corruption Prevention Ainars Latkovskis.

-Meeting of the Parliamentary faction of the Harmony Centre political association.

-Meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Wednesday, May 9

-Meeting of the Council of Latvian ports, transit and logistics.

-Meetings of the Saeima standing commissions:

The Judicial Commission prepares amendments to the «Law of Official Publications» during the third hearing.

The Budget-Finance Commission reviews the Stability and coordination in the management and monetary union agreement and reviews amendments to the «Law of Tax Support Measures».

The Committee on Defense, Internal Affairs and Corruption Prevention discusses the work of the services, working to prevent money laundering.

The Commission on Social Cohesion discusses the activities of the Social Integration Fund.

The Commission on Public Administration and Local Government prepares amendments to the «Law of Conflict of Interests Prevention in the Activities of Officials».

-President of Latvia Andris Berzins meets with Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis.

-Meetings of the parliamentary factions of Harmony Centre, Unity, Reform Party and Greens’ and Farmers’ Union political associations.

Thursday, May 10

-Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis meets with the head of the EU presidential secretariate Inga Skujina.

-Meeting of the National Council of Three-sided cooperation.

-President of Latvia Andris Berzins meets with the Minister of Transport Aivis Ronis.

Friday, May 11

-Prime Minister of Latvia Valdis Dombrovskis travels to Tallinn, to participate in the annual Lennart Mary conference.

-Meeting of the Saeima European Affairs Commission, during which they plan to prepare Latvia’s position for the meetings of the EU Foreign Relations Council, the EU Agriculture and Fishing Ministry Council, as well as the EU Economy and Finance Ministry Council, which are scheduled to start on May 15-14.

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