LatviaPublished: 19 October 2026 at 15:34

Media regulator urges Saeima not to rush changes to public media law

Latvia's Public Electronic Media Council has called on the Saeima not to rush amendments to the public media law. It stressed that the Latvian Radio and Latvian Television brand names must be preserved.

The Public Electronic Media Council (SEPLP), the body that oversees Latvia's public media, has urged the Saeima, the Latvian parliament, not to hurry amendments to the Law on Public Electronic Media and Their Management. The law governs how the state's public media operate and are run.

At the same time, the council stressed the need to keep the brand names of Latvian Radio and Latvian Television, the long-established names of the two public broadcasters.

The source does not say what specific amendments are under consideration, what stage they have reached, or when the Saeima might decide on them.

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