The head of state said he does not class people as “them and us” RIGA, December 5 (Itar-Tass) —— Latvian President Andris Berzins is against the Russian language as the second official language. As ...

RIGA, Latvia (AP) – Like a detective at a crime scene, chief language inspector Antons Kursitis scans the lobby of a hotel in downtown Riga. He spots a brochure that lists hotel services in Russian ...

Meanwhile ranking Latvian officials are for the Latvian language being the only official language in the country RIGA, November 22 (Itar-Tass) — As many as 78,279 Latvian citizens took part in the ...

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