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On 1 October 2026, the Latvian parliament, the Saeima, adopted amendments to the Law on Public Electronic Mass Media and Their Management (Sabiedrisko elektronisko plašsaziņas līdzekļu un to pārvaldības likums) at third reading. The amendments replace the current rule requiring public electronic media to produce programmes, programme segments and other services in minority languages with a framework that distinguishes between minority languages described as self-sufficient and those described as not self-sufficient. The adopted text provides for the amendments to enter into force on 1 January...

On 11 June 2026, the Latvian Parliament (Saeima) adopted a single-provision amendment to the Electronic Mass Media Law (Elektronisko plašsaziņas līdzekļu likums). The amendment was promulgated by President Edgars Rinkēvičs on 19 June 2026, published in the official gazette Latvijas Vēstnesis on the same date (OP 2026/117.11), and entered into force on 20 June 2026. It supplements Article 21.8, paragraph 2.1 of the National Electronic Mass Media Council law (Nacionālā elektronisko plašsaziņas līdzekļu padome – NEPLP), allowing the media regulator to now adopt repeated decisions...

On 27 March 2026, the Senate of the Supreme Court of Latvia (Augstākās tiesas Senāta Administratīvo lietu), in case SKA-98/2026 (A420178222), ruled that the National Electronic Mass Media Council (Nacionālā elektronisko plašsaziņas līdzekļu padome – NEPLP) possesses broad powers and considerable freedom of action to restrict television channels whose ownership chains connect to sanctioned entities, even where the governing statute at the material time did not provide an explicit authorisation covering the specific circumstances. The underlying NEPLP decision No. 126/1-2 of 7 March...

Amendments to the Latvian Copyright Law were adopted on 12 December 2024, and came into force on 11 January 2025. These amendments to the Copyright Law expand the powers of the National Electronic Mass Media Council (the Council – NEMMC) to monitor the use of copyright and related rights objects in the online environment and to restrict access to websites where these objects are published without proper authorisation. The Copyright Law is supplemented with Chapter XI, which establishes the procedure for restricting access to websites where copyrighted or related rights objects are illegally...

On 5 April 2023, amendments to the Copyright Law came into force. With the amendments, the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM Directive) was transposed into Latvian law, providing for significant changes in copyright regulation, affecting both authors and performers, as well as users of works. Transposition of the DSM Directive Appropriate and proportionate remuneration: One of the most significant changes is the introduction of the principle of appropriate and proportionate remuneration. Namely, it will be necessary to determine a fair remuneration to the author...