RIGA, November 22 (Itar-Tass) — As many as 78,279 Latvian citizens took part in the national collection of signatures for awarding to the Russian language the status of the second official language in ...

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 ...

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 ...

The action "For Native Language», whose objective is to win official status for Russian, started in Latvia on March 7 RIGA, January 10 (Itar-Tass) — Many politicians from the Center of Accord which ...

Riga's plans to impose Latvian as the main teaching language in minority schools has created tension among some of its ethnic Russian population, resurrecting a long-running dispute with Latvia's ...

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 ...