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• Election program of the nationalists union All for Latvia!-For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM promises to ensure that ethnic Latvians feel themselves in Latvia like at home
• President of Latvia Andris Berzins: one common communication language ensures stability in the country

According to election program of the nationalists’ union All for Latvia!-For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM, the union’s aim is to ensure that ethnic Latvians feel themselves in Latvia like at home – in ethnic Latvian and fair environment, in security and welfare. The union promises gradual transition of all state funded schools and kindergartens only in to Latvian language allowing ethnic minorities to learn their history and culture in their native language. The union also promises to introduce criminal liability for denial and glorification of occupation regime.

According to election program of the nationalists union All for Latvia!-For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM, the unions aim is to ensure that ethnic Latvians feel themselves in Latvia like at home – in ethnic Latvian and fair environment, in security and welfare. The union promises gradual transition of all state funded schools and kindergartens only in to Latvian language allowing ethnic minorities to learn their history and culture in their native language. The union also promises to introduce criminal liability for denial and glorification of occupation regime. Chas

Chas prints an interview with the President of Latvia Andris Berzins. The President believes that one common communication language ensures stability in the country. The President says that he will not allow change of the article in the Constitution according to which Latvian language is the only state language in the country. At the same time, Mr Berzins states that he will continue to speak in Russian and other foreign languages in cases which do not require obligatory usage of state language.