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• Saeima sub-committee on Citizenship Law Amendments turns down Foreign Minister’s proposal to remove requirements for non-citizen parents
• Neatkariga reports about a project promoting Latvian language learning by foreign students

The Saeima’s sub-committee on Citizenship Law Amendments turned down the proposal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkevics calling to remove the requirement for parents non-citizens upon the registration of their children as Latvian citizens to sign a written pledge to teach their child the Latvian language and to instil a sense of respect and trust towards Latvia. The High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Knut Vollebaek earlier criticised the requirement that non-citizens  must see to that their children learn Latvian  or be loyal to Latvia as it is formal and that the same is not being required of citizens. Vesti Segodnya

Neatkariga reports about the language learning centre’s Skrivanek Baltic project “Language Institute.” The aim of the project is to promote Latvian language learning by foreign students. According to one of the medical students who attends the courses, Latvian for him is important for communication with patients and in order to get better acquainted with local residents.