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• Draft amendments envision banning non-EU languages, including Russian, from public information

 The Ministry of Justice prepared draft amendments to the Cabinet of Ministers’ regulations regarding the use of languages in information. The draft envisions that the provision of public information, alongside Latvian, would only be allowed in the official EU languages.  The regulations currently in force allow the usage of foreign languages, including Russian, in public information related to the free movement of goods of the EU, international tourism and events. The newspaper notes that the amendments effectively impose a ban on the usage of Russian language in public information. Vesti-Segodnya