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• Chas reports about a seminar Models and Problems of Regional Society Integration: Non-citizens and Culture of Ethnic Minorities
• Board member of the Baltic International Academy Valerijs Nikiforovs criticizes the draft Law on Higher Education Establishments which forbids teaching in all higher education establishments in foreign languages
• Saeima has refused a proposal to include the 16 March into the list of official commemoration days in Latvia

Chas reports about a seminar Models and Problems of Regional Society Integration: Non-citizens and Culture of Ethnic Minorities held by the political party For Human Rights in United Latvia (FHRUL). Partys members from Latvian regions and representatives of NGOs have discussed preservation of ethnic minority culture and education on municipal level.

In an interview with

In an interview with Chas board member of the Baltic International Academy Valerijs Nikiforovs criticizes the draft Law on Higher Education Establishments which forbids teaching in all higher education establishments in Latvia in foreign languages. Mr. Nikiforovs has stated that that such ban would forbid large number of Latvian residents whose native language is Russian to study in their native language, as well as, it would decrease number of foreign students who want to study in Latvia. Mr. Nikiforovs also stated that if the draft law is approved in its present wording, minority representatives will appealed it in the Constitutional Court.

The Saeima has refused a proposal of the For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM (FF/LNIM) to include the 16 March – unofficial commemoration day of Latvian Waffen SS legionnaires – into the list of official commemoration days in Latvia.

The Saeima has refused a proposal of the For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM (FF/LNIM) to include the 16 March – unofficial commemoration day of Latvian Waffen SS legionnaires – into the list of official commemoration days in Latvia. Chas