• Telegraf reports about growth of anti-Semitic attitudes in Europe and Latvia
• State Border Guard Service detained 5 citizens of Syria illegally transported over Latvian border

According to the research of an international opinion research group “Pew Research Centre for the People & the Press”, anti-Semitism has been rising in Eastern and Western European countries for past three years. Experts interviewed by Telegraf stated that European tendencies regarding the issue are observed also in Latvia. Representative of Latvia in the PACE Boris Cilevics believes that growth of anti-Semitism in Europe allegedly is related to influx of migrants from Islamic countries. According to Mr. Cilevics, catalyst for anti-Semitism in Latvia is history, particularly, discussions about Holocaust, the complex events of WWII and the role of Latvian Waffen SS legionnaires. Social scientist Aigars Freimanis considers that anti-Semitic attitudes in Latvia most often are displayed not in public political debates but on daily level, such as in internet comments and everyday communication. Telegraf

NRA reports that the State Border Guard Service has detained 5 citizens of Syria who were illegally transported over Latvian border. Neither of them had valid visas nor residency permits in Latvia.