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• Professor of Latvias University will not be dismissed for his statements on Islam
• A conflict between Russian and Latvian children in a Latvian school

As reported earlier, the Union of Muslim Communities in Latvia has asked the resignation of the professor Leons Taivans. According to the Union, the statements of Taivans about Islam in one of his interviews are insulting to Muslims. According to

As reported earlier, the Union of Muslim Communities in Latvia has asked the resignation ofthe professorLeons Taivans. According to the Union, the statements of Taivans about Islam in one of his interviews are insulting to Muslims. According to NRA, the University of Latvia has sent a reply letter to the Union of Muslim Communities, and the professor will not be dismissed. A member staff of the University has stated that everyone has the right to express an opinion, which the University can not limit or change. In the interview to NRA, Leons Taivans believes that he has not insulted the esteem of Muslims. He has also tried to contact with the author of the letter Zufar Zainullin. NRA

Rigas Balss prints an article on the situation of Russian children in Latvian schools. A Russian woman is telling that children in a Latvian school have been abusive to her son studying in the 4th grade on the grounds of his ethnicity. In the interview to Rigas Balss, the class teacher of the boy told that the fight among the children has not happened on the grounds of the boys ethnicity. The representatives of the Education, Youth and Sport Department of the Riga City Council have recommended the cooperation between the school psychologist, the class teacher, the boy and his parents in order to find the true reason of the conflict.