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 ...

RIGA - As the official transition to education only in Latvian concludes, it is crucial to ensure that all children actually learn and use the language, President Edgars Rinkevics said during a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Near-complete official results of a Latvian referendum showed that 75 percent of voters had rejected the plan to change the constitution and introduce Russian as an official second language in the ...

RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Voting stations in Latvia have opened in a historic referendum on whether to make Russian the nation's second national language. Latvia's minority Russians, who make up ...

As part of its push to encourage citizens to speak the country's native tongue rather than Russian, Latvia is cracking down on teachers who are not proficient in Latvian. So far, 55 teachers have been ...

Latvians have flocked to the polls to vote in a referendum on whether to make Russian the second official language of the country. Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis was among the first to vote in the ...