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 The most popular parties in April are the Concord Centre and the New Era

Newspapers reports that on Sunday, Estonian police detained two representatives of the Latvian Anti-fascist Committee and the MEP from Latvia Tatyana Zdanoka who travelled to Estonia in order to take part in the press-conference on events concerning the removal of the Red Army war memorial from the centre of Tallinn in 2007. According to Mrs. Zdanoka, the police released her after checking her identity documents, while the anti-fascists were taken away by the police into an unknown destination. Chas, Vesti Segodnya, Diena

Chas prints an article about community of Old Believers in Latvia. According to the article, Old Believers are successful in preservation of their culture trough observance of ancient religious traditions.

According to the latest public opinion survey held by the market and social research company “Latvijas fakti”, the Concord Centre and the New Era are the most popular parties in Latvia – 13.7% and 12.5% of Latvian citizens would vote for them if the Saeima elections were held in April. Other parties are supported by less than 5% of Latvian citizens. 33.2 % of respondents have not decided whom to vote for yet, while 16.7% of respondents would not participate in the elections. Diena

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