Latvia is not the only Baltic country struggling to integrate Russian-speakers. Alar Karis, Estonia’s president, recently ...

RIGA (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 country ...

DAUGAVPILS, Latvia — A dozen or so Ukrainian parents gathered in the sunlit auditorium of the city’s Middle School 10. They had arrived just days earlier to this southeastern Latvian city as refugees ...

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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 ...

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 ...

A cacophony of languages fills Riga's historic center, as foreign tourists pack the cobblestone streets of the Latvian capital. But eavesdrop on residents and you're just as likely to hear Russian as ...

Acording to the reform, minority schools will teach most subjects in Latvian, just a few subjects (Russian language, literature) and "subjects linked to culture and history" will be studied in Russian ...