RIGA, Latvia — Contemporary Russian music is the rage in Latvia’s capital, but when listeners tuned in for their daily dose of dance tracks on a popular radio station, they got nothing but dead air.

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This year, Latvia is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding as an independent country, even though for half that time, it was as an unwilling member of the Soviet Union. Now, to strengthen ...

RIGA, Latvia — Contemporary Russian music is the rage in Latvia’s capital, but when listeners tuned in for their daily dose of dance tracks on a popular radio station, they got nothing but dead air.

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 ...