On 22 November 2019, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Decision No. 1/7 of 18 April 2019 by the Board of the Public Utilities Commission “Regulation on the Connection to the Natural Gas Transmission System for Biomethane Producers, Liquefied Natural Gas System Operators and Natural Gas Users” with Article 1, Article 64, Article 89 and […]

On 19 November 2019, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 2 of the Cabinet Regulation of 22 December 2009 No. 1605 “Regulations Regarding the Amount of the State Social Security Benefit and Funeral Benefit, Procedures for the Review thereof and Procedures for the Granting and Disbursement of Benefits” with Article 1, the […]

On 13 November 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-22-01 “On Compliance of Section 1(1) of the Law of 22 March 2018 “Amendments to the Education Law” with Article 1, the second sentence of Article 91, the First Sentence of Article 112 and Article 114 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 1 (1) […]

On 13 November 2019, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On Compliance of the words “if its average monthly income during the last three months per each member of the family does not exceed EUR 128.06” of Para 2 of the Cabinet Regulation of 30 March 2010 No. 229 “Regulations Regarding Recognising of a Family […]

On 7 November 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-25-01 “On Compliance of Section 504 of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia with Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 504 of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia (hereinafter – the Code) establishes the regime for serving the sentence […]

From 4 to 10 November, the Constitutional Court welcomed four Judges from the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova (hereafter – Moldova) in the framework of the project “Increasing the capacity of the legal service of the Constitutional Court of Moldova”. During the project, Judges Domnica MANOLE, Nicolae ROȘCA, Liuba ȘOVA and Serghei ȚURCAN gained knowledge […]

From 7 to 9 November, Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova attends an international summit “Berlin Wall – 30”, which is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. An international conference is held as part of the summit – “World without Walls”, in which Sanita Osipova gave a presentation on the understanding […]

Today, on 7 November, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš visited the Constitutional Court. The Prime Minister and the delegation headed by him was welcomed at the Constitutional Court by President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele and Justices of the Constitutional Court: Aldis Laviņš, Gunārs Kusiņš, Daiga Rezevska, Jānis Neimanis, and Artūrs Kučs. During the meeting, the parties discussed current matters […]

From 19 to 25 October, four lawyers from the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova (hereinafter – Moldova) visited the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia to exchange experience. An intensive programme ensured the possibility to the lawyers to familiarise themselves with the work of the Constitutional Court and to study in depth the […]

On 21st October 2019, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 2 of the Cabinet Regulation of 18 December 2012 No. 913 “Regulation on the Guaranteed Minimum Income Level” with Article 1 and Article 109 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Para 2 of the Cabinet Regulation of 18 December 2012 […]