• Constitutional Court of Latvia initiated a case on differences in calculation of pensions of Latvian citizens and non-citizens
• Telegraf reports that funding planned for free-of-charge Latvian language courses for unemployed persons 2,5 times exceeds market costs
• Neatkariga prints an interview with founders of the new political union “International” Vladimirs Lindermans and Jevgenijs Osipovs

The Constitutional Court of Latvia initiated a case on differences in calculation of pensions of Latvian citizenship and non-citizens. Complaint to the Court was submitted by several non-citizens. They object the legal norm which stipulates that time worked by non-citizens during Soviet era in countries with which Latvia still does not have social agreement is not included in the total length of service. Chas

Telegraf reports that funding planned to be granted for free-of-charge Latvian language courses for unemployed persons 2,5 times exceeds the costs of language training available in the open market. According to the newspaper, state-funded two month courses will cost about LVL 285, while, average cost of private language courses for the same time is LVL 112. The newspaper also notes that the funding will cover training of 7,000 persons, although more than 40,000 unemployed persons have poor state language skills and presently 10,823 persons are waiting for free-of-charge courses.

Neatkariga prints an interview with founders of the new political union “International”: national Bolshevik Vladimirs Lindermans and leader of the Osipov’s Party Jevgenijs Osipovs. According to them, their aim is to replace ethnic conflict in Latvia by social conflict with an aim to change governing elite.