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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Latvian government has decided to provide funding of over €4 million to provide Latvian language courses for Ukrainian ...

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." ...

The EU’s top court upheld a law mandating that institutions of higher education teach only in the Latvian language, with a few exceptions for exchange programs and foreign language courses. LUXEMBOURG ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alīna Roščina, SVP Human Resources of airBaltic: “So far already more than 150 employees have joined the program, showing there is significant demand for such courses at the workplace, as well among ...

IT WAS AS though the communities lived both on top of each other and entirely apart. Andrejs Vasiljevs, who runs a digital-translation company in Riga, recalls the divided schedule of his school in ...

The president said earlier he was ready to resign in the case the Russian language became the second official language in the country RIGA, December 13 (Itar-Tass) —— Latvian President Andris Berzins ...

Rights of ethnic Russians in Baltic states still violated — ombudsman RIGA, November 10. /TASS/. All Latvian schools should make the Russian language compulsory, Latvian ex-premier Ainars Slesers said ...

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 ...