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• Non-citizens will be entitle to work for the State Revenue Service
• Boriss Cilevics will report on the ratification of the Framework Convention for Protection of National Minorities
• Joint Congress of Russian communities call non-citizens to protest against unfair deprivation of election rights

Yesterday, the Saeima’s Budget and Finance Committee supported the draft amendments to the Law on the State Revenue Service which provides rights to non-citizens to work for the State Revenue Service.

Yesterday, the Saeimas Budget and Finance Committee supported the draft amendments to the Law on the State Revenue Service which provides rights to non-citizens to work for the State Revenue Service. Vesti Segodnya, Telegraf

Chas reports that today at the session of the PACE the representative of Latvia in the Parliamentarian Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Boriss Cilevics will report on the ratification of the Framework Convention for Protection of National Minorities in the European Councils member countries. Chas

The Joint Congress of Russian Communities in Latvia and the Russian Community of Latvia issued a public statement saying that about 500,000 Latvia’s residents will not be able to participate in the up-coming Saeima elections. Therefore, the organisations call all non-citizens to submit individual protest letters on unjust deprivation of their rights to participate in the elections and against discrimination based on ethnic origin and language proficiency to the OSCE’s (Organization for Security and Co­operation in Europe) election observation mission.

The Joint Congress of Russian Communities in Latvia and the Russian Community of Latvia issued a public statement saying that about 500,000 Latvias residents will not be able to participate in the up-coming Saeima elections. Therefore, the organisations call all non-citizens to submit individual protest letters on unjust deprivation of their rights to participate in the elections and against discrimination based on ethnic origin and language proficiency to the OSCEs (Organization for Security and Co­operation in Europe) election observation mission. Chas