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• Political Scientist Ivars Ijabs: there is high probability that the next Mayor of the Riga City Council will be ethnic Russian
• The last person who used to speak Livonian (Liv) language in everyday family life has died at the age of 88

Political Scientist Ivars Ijabs in an interview with

Political Scientist Ivars Ijabs in an interview with Chas states that there is a high probability that the next Mayor of the Riga City Council after up-coming municipal elections will be an ethnic Russian. According to Mr. Ijabs, leader of the Concord Centre Nils Usakovs is very popular in Riga and surely the Concord Centre together with the For Human Rights in United Latvia will receive considerable representation in the Riga City Council and will try to establish a coalition.

The Livonian Union informed that a last person who used to speak Livonian (Liv) language in everyday family life has died at the age of 88. There are very few native speakers of this indigenous language and only 140 individuals are officially registered as ethnic Livonians (Livs) in Latvia.

The Livonian Union informed that a last person who used to speak Livonian (Liv) language in everyday family life has died at the age of 88. There are very few native speakers of this indigenous language and only 140 individuals are officially registered as ethnic Livonians (Livs) in Latvia. Chas