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• A strategy for implementation of the Society Integration Programme has been developed
• An interview with the MP of the European Parliament Tatjana Zdanoka

The Secretariat of the Special Assignments Minister for Society Integration has developed a strategy for the implementation of the Society Integration Programme. According to the Head of the Secretariat Kristine Vagnere, the Secretariat should, on priority basis, rework the national programme ‘Society Integration in Latvia’ by the end of the year. The Secretariat is also planning to work in the area of the promotion of the tolerance as well as to foster a debate about the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.

The Secretariat of the Special Assignments Minister for Society Integration has developed a strategy for the implementation of the Society Integration Programme. According to the Head of the Secretariat Kristine Vagnere, the Secretariat should, on priority basis, rework the national programme ‘Society Integration in Latvia by the end of the year. The Secretariat is also planning to work in the area of the promotion of the tolerance as well as to foster a debate about the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. Latvijas Avize

Vesti Segodnya prints an interview with Tatjana Zdanoka about her activities as the Member of the European Parliament from Latvia. Zdanoka mentions increasing discussion about the need to grant non-citizens living in the EU the right to travel inside the territory of the Union without visas as the main achievement of the first year.