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Repression of Free Expression in Latvia

The Latvian Security Police have detained a college instructor for two days of questioning and banned him from leaving the country after his release for making comments, published in a newspaper, about the Latvian banking system and currency.

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Survey: “Latvian journalists are entering the blogosphere”

A month ago, a survey was carried out and information was published on how much the journalists in Latvia read blogs and are affected by them. (7 guru article in Latvian)

Main findings:

  • 82% of the surveyed journalists read blogs regularly
  • Every fourth media worker reads blogs for entertainment
  • More than half (58%) of the respondents claim that they rarely use blogs in their work
  • 32% have never used blogs in their work
  • 41% of the respondents read blogs several times per week
  • 32% of the respondents read blogs at least once a day
  • 55% of the surveyed journalists say that they are merely passive observers of the blogosphere, only reading blogs, but never commenting
  • 20% of the surveyed journalists are considering the possibility of creating their own internet journal

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