A delegation of the Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (consisting of deputies from 17 states) is planning to investigate the situation of Russian speakers in Latvia and Estonia next week. The Committee will meet with the Minister of Education and Science, the Special Task Minister for Societal Integration, the Head of the Naturalisation Board, representatives of NGOs and some parliament committees and will visit two minority schools. Lauku Avize, Chas

Yesterday the government approved the proposal of the Naturalisation Board to reduce naturalisation fee from 10 to 3 lats for low-income persons, unemployed, pensioners, disabled persons, families with more than two children and full-time students. Lauku Avize, Chas, Telegraf

Yesterday the Saeima Committee of Education, Culture and Science met with the leadership of the Naturalisation Board to discuss the complaint of three participants in the Latvian language courses for naturalisation candidates in which they expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of the courses. Some Committee members have expressed dissatisfaction with the work of Naturalisation Board, stressing that many naturalised citizens do not know enough Latvian language. Lauku Avize, Chas

The Speaker of the Knesset Reuven Rivlin is participating in the conference Jews in a Changing World held in Riga. Vilis Kristopans, Chairperson of the Saeima National Security Committee, sees a connection between the visit of the Knesset representative andthe act of vandalism in the New Jewish cemetery. Ruta Marjasha, the Latvian representative to the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance,says that foreign media has not yet reported on the vandalism case, but predicts that after this conference the news could spread more widely. Rigas Balss, Diena, Neatkariga Rita Avize, Lauku Avize, Chas, Telegraf

The Saeima Human Rights Committee has rejected proposals of the party For Human Rights in the United Latvia to amend the Law on Education. Lauku Avize, Chas, Vechernaya Riga

Chas writes on the report of the Ministry of Education and Science on general education, which indicates that students of Russian-language schools have insufficient Latvian language skills to continue their studies in Latvian.

Calls for a yes vote in the referendum on Latvias accession to the EU are issued by the Synod of the Latvian Orthodox Church, the Head of the Board of Jewish communities, and the Head of the Latvian Association of National Cultural Societies. Twenty well-known minority representatives signed an appeal to minority populations to support Latvia accession to the EU. Diena, Chas, Vesti Segodnya

The last (third) court session reviewing the case submitted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs about the liquidation of the extremist National-Bolshevik organisation Victory will be held tomorrow. Vesti Segodnya, Chas