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Latvian authorities put in crisis entrepreneurship by prohibiting local private institutions teaching in Russian, according to co-owner of Baltic International Academy Valery Nikiforov.
Mr. Nikiforov is sure that when a one starts his own business and invests in it, it's up to him how to conduct it, Mixnews portal reports. Why the government can decide for others how to do business is unclear to the Baltic International Academy co-owner. The world practice proves that private businesses are always more effective than others.
Let us remind that Latvian parliament approved changes to the legislation banning private universities and colleges to implement educational programs in the Russian language at the Latvian Parliament Committee’s session.
Students will not have access to such programs starting next year. Nevertheless, those already studying will be allowed to get a diploma.
Chief of the Latvian Association of Private Universities Aldis Baumanis believes that the changes would mean that there would be fewer foreign students in the country, which would mean decrease of investment flows. He called this decision premature. Baumanis is sure that this was made in order to achieve somebody’s political goals at the forthcoming elections.
Around a third part of the students from private universities in Latvia studied in the Russian language last year.
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