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 (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 ...

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 ...

A UN human rights panel has said that Latvia's language rules are discriminatory because they limit jobs for Russian-speaking and other minorities. The UN Human Rights Committee's scrutiny of Latvia ...

Latvians have voted in a referendum on whether Russian should become their country’s second national language after Latvian. But Saturday’s vote in the Baltic state is likely to fail and widen the ...

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 ...

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 ...

RIGA, Latvia (AFP) — 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 ...

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 ...