• Interview with the head of the non-governmental organisation Prata Speks Igors Kuzjmuks

Chas prints an interview with the head of the non-governmental organisation Prata Speks Igors Kuzjmuks. He argues that integration of society is only a theoretical concept and does not work in life. When speaking about the possibilities to promote Latvian language learning, Kuzjmuks states that the state should develop a mechanism stipulating moral and material rewards for Latvians teaching the Latvian language to their non-Latvian neighbours or colleagues.

• Interview with the head of the State Language Commission
• Institute of History of Latvia publishes a new compilation of articles on the Holocaust in Latvia

Latvijas Avize prints an interview with the head of the State Language Commission Andrejs Veisbergs and the deputy head of the State Language Commission Daiga Joma on the situation of the Latvian language in Latvia. Referring to the study results, Daiga Joma states that only 12% non-Latvians do not know the Latvian language. She argues that the main issue is refusal of non-Latvians to speak Latvian.

New compilation of articles on the Holocaust in Latvia has been published by the Institute of History of Latvia of the University of Latvia. The compilation includes the materials of the international conference on the Holocaust which took place in Riga in 2004 and the latest surveys on the issue.

New compilation of articles on the Holocaust in Latvia has been published by the Institute of History of Latvia of the University of Latvia. The compilation includes the materials of the international conference on the Holocaust which took place in Riga in 2004 and the latest surveys on the issue.

• Chas features a comprehensive article on first non-citizens who travel within the EU without visa

Chas features a comprehensive story on first non-citizens who travel without visa within the EU on the basis of new EU regulations that grant the right to free movement within the EU also to Latvian non-citizens.

• Draft Framework Document on Labour Force Migration
• EPs regulation granting the right to free movement within the EU to Latvian non-citizens has entered into force
• Chas publishes an article byNils Usakovs,the head of the The Concord Centre
• Saeima refuses amendments to the Criminal Law proposed by the union For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM
• Article about the anti-Semitism in Europe

The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs has prepared and submitted for discussion to the ministries a new Framework Document on Labour Force Migration. The Framework Document stipulates a significant reduction of costs for attraction of foreign labour migrants from the third countries and easing bureaucratic procedures.

The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs has prepared and submitted for discussion to the ministries a new Framework Document on Labour Force Migration. The Framework Document stipulates a significant reduction of costs for attraction of foreign labour migrants from the third countries and easing bureaucratic procedures. Diena

Russian language newspapers report that the European Parliament’s regulation granting the right to free movement within the EU (with the exception of Ireland and Great Britain) to Latvian non-citizens has enetered into force today.

Russian language newspapers report that the European Parliaments regulation granting the right to free movement within the EU (with the exception of Ireland and Great Britain) to Latvian non-citizens has enetered into force today. Chas, Telegraf

Chas features an article by the head of the The Concord Centre Nils Usakovs believing that the creation of a united Latvian-Russian political party is the most efficient and pragmatic way for resolving Russian-speakers problems in Latvia.

Yesterday, Saeima has refused the amendments to the Criminal Law stipulating the criminal liability for the public denial or the call to public denial of the Latvia occupation fact. The amendments were prepared by the union For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM.

Yesterday, Saeima has refused the amendments to the Criminal Law stipulating the criminal liability for the public denial or the call to public denial of the Latvia occupation fact. The amendments were prepared by the union For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM. Latvijas Avize, Chas, Vesti Segodnya

Diena supplement Kulturas Diena prints a large analytic article by a representative of the Centre for Research on Anti-Semitism of the Technical University of Berlin Juliane Wetzel on anti-Semitism in Europe.

• Chas interviews the Head of the union For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM Roberts Zile
• Article on living conditions in the reception centre for asylum seekers Mucenieki

Chas features an interview with the head of the union For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM Roberts Zile emphasising the knowledge and respect towards the Latvian language and history as the core indicator of loyalty to the state and the precondition of shaping of a common mentality. When speaking about the partys draft law attempting to stop naturalization, Roberts Zile states that, if people with very different mentalities will live in Latvia, it could face problems that Great Britain has because of the presence of Muslim immigrants. The politician also criticizes the European Parliaments decision to grant the right to free movement within the EU to Latvian non-citizens: ‘if a person does not feel himself or herself belonging to any European state, he is disloyal to the whole Europe, adds Roberts Zile.

Chas features an article about the living conditions in the reception centre for asylum seekers Mucenieki. According to the newspaper, 8 persons have sought for asylum in Latvia during 2006. Four of them were from Russia, but others – from Afghanistan, Belorussia, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan.