• State Employment Agency has approved invitations for work in Latvia for 1715 foreigners from non-EU countries during the first half of 2008
• Latvijas Avize prints an article about the Ombudsman’s Office

The State Employment Agency has approved invitations for work in Latvia for 1715 foreigners from non-EU countries during the first half of 2008 which is for 17% less as compared with first half of 2007. The majority of guest workers arrived from Ukraine (654), Moldova (308), Thailand (191), Uzbekistan (146), Russia (86), and Belarus (77). Chas

Latvijas Avize prints an article about the Ombudsman’s Office. The institution has received 186 complaints concerning discrimination during the first half of 2008. According to the Ombudsman Romans Apsitis, the Ombudsman’s Office encountered several cases regarding discriminative advertisements and it seems that because of the Office’s work the advertisers became more cautious and tolerant, however, desirable result are not achieved yet.