• President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga: Latvian government will do everything to combat ethnic and racial intolerance
• Study about diversity in schools with Latvian as the main language of instruction presented
• Vesti Segodnya features an interview with the representatives of the Latvian Polish Union

Yesterday, the President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga at the commemoration event of the Victims of Genocide against Jewish Nation held in Riga, stated that the Latvian government will accomplish everything to combat intolerance between nations and racism. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Artis Pabriks stated that the genocide against Jews was a crime against humanity. Artis Pabriks voiced that the present and next generations have to do everything to prevent such events in future. Chas, Telegraf, Vesti Segodnya, Diena, Latvijas Avize

Yesterday, a study “Diversity comes into schools with Latvian as a main language of instruction” was presented by the public policy centre “Providus.” The study is based on interviews and opinion polls with students and teachers, including minority, from a number of Latvian schools. The main conclusions of the study is that there are no serious discrepancies in the academic achievement level and feeling of satisfactions with studies between students of Latvian origin and others. However, the study reveals that integration of non-Latvian students into Latvian schools is hampered by lack of multicultural training and skills of teachers. Diena, Vesti Segodnya, Telegraf

More about the study in Latvian: http://www.politika.lv/index.php?id=10070

Vesti Segodnya features an interview with representatives of the Latvian Polish Union about the problems and activities of the Polish community in Latvia.