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• TV programme reports about Soviet-era bilingual street signs

TV3 programme “Nothing Personal” reports that in some locations in Latgale (historical region in the east of Latvia with substantial Russian population) many street signs are still bilingual – in Latvian and Russian languages. These bilingual signs remain there from the Soviet era. According to the Head of the Language Control Section of the State Language Centre Antons Kursitis, bilingual street signs are not very big violation. However, he also believes that in any circumstances it would be advisable to fix the violation in order to avoid fines and court proceeding. Representatives of municipalities point out that the replacement of signs costs money and the local budgets lack this funding. According to the chairperson of one of the rural municipalities, the replacement of street signs would cost around LVL 10,000 (EUR 14,230), the municipality’s budget does not have this additional money and suggests the EU could allocate funding for replacement of bilingual street signs. Vesti Segodnya