The use of the language and more generally the rights of ethnic Russians living in Latvia have become sensitive issues in a ...

The Latvian-language training program is a very definite part of our societal integrational program." Nils Muiznieks, director of the Latvian Center for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies says the ...

Latvia, a former member of the Soviet Union that shares a border with Russia, could move to restrict the Russian language in workplaces in the near future in a potential blow to Russian President ...

The Latvian government in Riga argued during a hearing in 2021 that countries were not obligated to provide higher education in any language other than the national language, highlighting the ...

Russian citizens who permanently reside in Latvia but have failed the required Latvian-language exam have started receiving letters warning them to leave within 30 days or face "forced deportation ...

Edina's Anna Bennett will study Russian this summer in Latvia on a National Security Language Initiative for Youth ...

to take a test in Latvian language and history, which would allow them to have citizenship. This was local election day, and they were protesting about the fact that as "aliens", despite having lived ...

RIGA, May 8 (Reuters) - In a Stalinist skyscraper which dominates the skyline of Latvia's capital, dozens of elderly Russians wait to take a basic Latvian language test as a proof of loyalty to a ...

The Latvian government has decided to provide funding of over €4 million to provide Latvian language courses for Ukrainian refugees. Source: Delfi (a news website in Estonia, Latvia, and ...

Ms. Matveeva took a Latvian language test twice but failed both times. Born in Russia in Soviet times, she has lived in Latvia since 1980, ...

Efforts by authorities in Latvia to make Latvian the only language used in schools are discriminatory to other ethnic groups in the country, which is home to a large number of Russian speakers, U.N.

By Andrius Sytas. RIGA, May 8 (Reuters) - In a Stalinist skyscraper which dominates the skyline of Latvia's capital, dozens of elderly Russians wait to take a basic Latvian language test as a ...