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• Head of the State Language Centre Antons Kursitis: young ethnic Latvians are not able to find job due to insufficient Russian language proficiency
• Chas reports about a festivity of Russian Book planned to be held in Riga from 28 February to 2 March

The Head of the State Language Centre Antons Kursitis has stated that young ethnic Latvians are not able to find job due to the fact that the majority of employers in Latvia require their potential employees to be also proficient in Russian language, while many young ethnic Latvians have insufficient Russian language proficiency. According to Antons Kursitis, lack of Russian language proficiency is one of the reasons why large number of Latvians is emigrating from Latvia. Therefore, Mr Kursitis considers that state language policy in Latvia should be more severe.

The Head of the State Language Centre Antons Kursitis has stated that young ethnic Latvians are not able to find job due to the fact that the majority of employers in Latvia require their potential employees to be also proficient in Russian language, while many young ethnic Latvians have insufficient Russian language proficiency. According to Antons Kursitis, lack of Russian language proficiency is one of the reasons why large number of Latvians is emigrating from Latvia. Therefore, Mr Kursitis considers that state language policy in Latvia should be more severe. Vesti Segodnya, Telegraf

Chas reports about a festivity of Russian Book planned to be held in Riga from 28 February to 2 March. The main theme of the festivity is intercultural dialogue between Latvians and Russians by means of literature and books.