• Unauthorised publishers of personal data of owners of cars decorated with Soviet or Russian symbols might escape the punishment

Chas reports that persons who published on the Internet personal data of owners of cars decorated with Soviet or Russian symbols might escape punishment if they are not Latvian or EU citizens. According to a representative of the State Data Inspection, the personal data was published on the internet site hosted in the U.S.A. and the persons might escape liability if they are American citizens or citizens of any other country which has electronic communication legislation different from that of the EU.

• Head of the State Language Centre Maris Baltins does not support proposal to switch all schools into Latvian language
• Lawyer Aleksejs Dimitrovs: Latvian decision to accept a former prisoner of Guantanamo prison was right

The Head of the State Language Centre Maris Baltins does not support proposal of the party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM to switch all state funded schools into Latvian language. Mr. Baltins believes that small children should receive education in their native language.

The Head of the State Language Centre Maris Baltins does not support proposal of the party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM to switch all state funded schools into Latvian language. Mr. Baltins believes that small children should receive education in their native language. Chas

Latvian lawyer working in the European Parliament Aleksejs Dimitrovs believes that Latvian decision to accept a former prisoner of Guantanamo prison was right because Latvia participates in military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan and therefore, is responsible for consequences of military operations.

Latvian lawyer working in the European Parliament Aleksejs Dimitrovs believes that Latvian decision to accept a former prisoner of Guantanamo prison was right because Latvia participates in military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan and therefore, is responsible for consequences of military operations. Vesti Segodnya

• Hosting company blocked internet site of Latvian nationalists which published the list named Occupants Car Fleet
• Young activists of the nationalistic party All for Latvia! joined the campaign to switch of all state funded schools into Latvian language

American hosting company blocked the internet site of Latvian nationalists which published the list named “Occupants’ Car Fleet” which contained personal data of owners of cars decorated with Russian or Soviet symbols. At the same time, one of the persons from the list - driver of a company “Latvijas Pasts” who decorated car with ribbon of St. George got fired for improper decoration of the company car.

American hosting company blocked the internet site of Latvian nationalists which published the list named Occupants Car Fleet which contained personal data of owners of cars decorated with Russian or Soviet symbols. At the same time, one of the persons from the list - driver of a company Latvijas Pasts who decorated car with ribbon of St. George got fired for improper decoration of the company car. Chas, Telegraf

Vesti Segodnya reports that young activists of the nationalistic party All for Latvia! joined the campaign to collect signatures in support of switching all state funded schools into Latvian language launched by the party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM.

• Newspapers continue to report about further developments around the list of confidential private data of owners of cars decorated with Russias or Soviet symbols published on a nationalistic internet site
• Court closed a criminal case of radical nationalist Aivars Garda against a journalist of newspaper Chas Anatolijs Kamenevs
• Head of the political party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM Roberts Zile: next government will have to decide about the new education reform

Newspapers continue to report about further developments around the list of confidential private data of owners of cars decorated with Russia’s or Soviet symbols published on a nationalistic internet site. The State Data Inspection has launched its investigation on how and who received and published the data. The

Newspapers continue to report about further developments around the list of confidential private data of owners of cars decorated with Russias or Soviet symbols published on a nationalistic internet site. The State Data Inspection has launched its investigation on how and who received and published the data. The Road Traffic Safety Directorate informed that it already gathered and forwarded to law-enforcement bodies information about persons who recently requested personal information mentioned in the car owners list. The Security Police, in its turn, stated that those who published the data might be punished with pecuniary penalty as for administrative violation. According to unofficial information the internet site belongs to nationalistic party All for Latvia! who initiated an action Recognize the Fifth Column and posted pictures of cars decorated with Russias and Soviet symbols and their registration numbers on their site. However, leader of the party Raivis Dzintars denied involvement in publication of data. Chas, Vesti Segodnya, Telegraf, Latvijas Avize, Diena

Yesterday, the Riga Court of Latgale District closed a criminal case of radical nationalist Aivars Garda against a journalist of newspaper

Yesterday, the Riga Court of Latgale District closed a criminal case of radical nationalist Aivars Garda against a journalist of newspaper Chas Anatolijs Kamenevs because the case run out of its limitation period. Editor of radical nationalist newspaper DDD Aivars Garda sued the Chas journalist for untrue information published about him in Kamenevs article. In particular, the author called Garda a neo-Nazi. Limitation period ran out because Mr. Kamenevs asserted that he received notice from the court only in January 2010, while, the case was initiated in April 2009. Thus the six months period envisaged by legislation for initiation of a criminal case upon private complaint has ran out. Chas

Head of the political party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM Roberts Zile in an interview with

Head of the political party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM Roberts Zile in an interview with Chas states that the partys initiative to collect signatures in support of proposal to switch all state funded schools into Latvian language is not pre-election initiative because this issue should be solved by the new elected government.

• Nationalistic internet site posts names, surnames, addresses and personal codes of owners of cars decorated with Russian or Soviet symbols
• National Radio and Television Council will not appeal to the Prosecutors Office against Channel TV5 broadcast Un-censored
• MP Imants Kalnins: it is time to built a Mosque in Latvia
• 133,050 persons received Latvian citizenship trough naturalisation since the procedure was launched in 1995
• Russia calls Norway to facilitate observation of rights of Russian speaking residents in Latvia
• MP Jakovs Pliners: new language reform in schools will cause outflow of residents from Latvia

Newspapers report that a nationalistic internet site posts a list named “Occupants’ Car Fleet” which contains names, surnames, addresses and personal codes (identity numbers) of owners of cars decorated with Russian or Soviet symbols. As reported, last year, Latvian radicals,

Newspapers report that a nationalistic internet site posts a list named Occupants Car Fleet which contains names, surnames, addresses and personal codes (identity numbers) of owners of cars decorated with Russian or Soviet symbols. As reported, last year, Latvian radicals, in the framework of the action Recognize the Fifth Column posted pictures of such cars on the Internet. It is not known yet who personally posted these data and how they acquired it. Chas, Vesti Segodnya, Telegraf

The National Radio and Television Council will not appeal to the Prosecutor’s Office against Channel TV5 broadcast “Un-censored” due to problems to specify violated norm of the Criminal Code. As reported, TV5 was fined by the NRTC with LVL 1000 (EUR 1422) for insult of national honour and dignity in its broadcast “Un-censored” on the Independence Day. During the broadcast, the viewers could vote to answer a question: “What was Latvia’s acquisition of independence?” One of the offered answers was “it was a fatal mistake.”

The National Radio and Television Council will not appeal to the Prosecutors Office against Channel TV5 broadcast Un-censored due to problems to specify violated norm of the Criminal Code. As reported, TV5 was fined by the NRTC with LVL 1000 (EUR 1422) for insult of national honour and dignity in its broadcast Un-censored on the Independence Day. During the broadcast, the viewers could vote to answer a question: What was Latvias acquisition of independence? One of the offered answers was it was a fatal mistake. Diena

The MP Imants Kalnins (FF/LNIM) who recently translated Koran into Latvian language believes that Latvia should have built a Mosque long time ago. Mr. Kalnins believes that people in Latvia know too little about Islam but it is time to built a Mosque in the country. Interpretation of Koran by Mr. Kalnins will be published soon.

The MP Imants Kalnins (FF/LNIM) who recently translated Koran into Latvian language believes that Latvia should have built a Mosque long time ago. Mr. Kalnins believes that people in Latvia know too little about Islam but it is time to built a Mosque in the country. Interpretation of Koran by Mr. Kalnins will be published soon. Chas, Vesti Segodnya, Telegraf, Diena

According to the Naturalisation Board (NB), 133,050 persons received Latvian citizenship trough naturalisation since the procedure was launched in 1995. The NB also processed 2,843 applications to relinquish Latvian citizenship and investigated 2,341 cases resulting in deprivation of citizenship.

According to the Naturalisation Board (NB), 133,050 persons received Latvian citizenship trough naturalisation since the procedure was launched in 1995. The NB also processed 2,843 applications to relinquish Latvian citizenship and investigated 2,341 cases resulting in deprivation of citizenship. Chas

Russia called Norway to facilitate observation of rights of Russian speaking residents in Latvia. The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov at a meeting with his Norwegian colleague

Russia called Norway to facilitate observation of rights of Russian speaking residents in Latvia. The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov at a meeting with his Norwegian colleague Jonas Gahr Střre criticized situation of Russian speakers and large number of non-citizens in Latvia. Chas

The MP Jakovs Pliners (FHRUL) in an interview with

The MP Jakovs Pliners (FHRUL) in an interview with Chas stated that he hopes that the proposal of the nationalistic party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM to switch all state funded school to Latvian language will not find support among Latvian residents because if such reform is implemented Latvia will loose large number of its residents. Mr. Pliners believes that quality of education in Latvia is very low and if Russian speakers have no chance to study in their language they will choose to leave to other European countries where quality of education is better. Mr. Pliners also believes that in order to raise competitiveness of Latvian higher education establishments they should be granted right to teach in Russian language at least foreign students.