RIGA — Last September, school children weren’t the only ones headed back to class in Latvia. The end of the summer vacation also saw some 3,500 Russian-speaking teachers go back to school to brush up ...

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 ...

Latvia's language rules are discriminatory because they limit jobs for Russian-speaking and other minorities, a UN human rights panel said Thursday, calling on Riga to change the regulations. The UN ...

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.

RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Latvia on Saturday voted in a referendum on whether Russian should become the Baltic country's second national language, a poll that is likely to fail and widen the rift in an ...

Hounding the free media in Latvia on their coverage of what is starting to look like a lame-duck law, one which requires residents of that country who are Russian citizens to get a basic knowledge of ...

For Russian schools, instruction in Russian will be allowed only for classes of the native tongue and literature and for subjects linked to culture and history RIGA, March 9. /TASS/. The Latvian ...

Russian MPs have urged their government to impose economic sanctions on Latvia, where the Latvian language will be made compulsory in all secondary schools. The language reform is being phased in; by ...

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 ...