In Brief - 2003-04-17

  • 2003-04-17
Russia unhappy with school reformRussia's Foreign Ministry said it regarded the planned transition in Latvia's educational system to having all classes in public schools taught in Latvian by 2004 as discrimination of national minorities. The Foreign Ministry claims in a statement to the press distributed on April 14 the policies pursued by Latvian authorities cann't be qualified otherwise but a "course toward assimilation." The Russian ministry said Latvia has thus once again openly neglected appeals by numerous international bodies, including the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, t...
 
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