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 ...

Europe, with its 48 countries, is a melting pot of languages. The diverse continent, spanning 19.53 million square kilometers, is home to nearly 750 million people who speak over 200 languages, ...

The action For the Native Language, to grant the status of the second official language to the Russian language, began in Latvia on March 7 RIGA, November 24 (Itar-Tass) —— The call to recognize the ...

It takes the votes of at least half of the voters, that is over 770,000 citizens, for Russian to become the second official language in Latvia WARSAW, January 11 (Itar-Tass) —— Latvian must be the ...

RIGA, Latvia -- Latvia's translator-in-chief sits at his desk leafing through dog-eared French and English dictionaries trying to think of a Latvian word for "ombudsman." As chief terminologist at ...

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 ...

The Constitutional Court of Latvia ruled against a challenge to a law that converted Russian-language schools to Latvian. It stated that the decision to make the school language Latvian was valid ...

Europe, a continent of 48 countries and nearly 750 million people spread across 19.53 million square kilometers, is a melting pot of languages with over 200 spoken across the region, reflecting its ...