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• Ogre City Council will not accept applications written in languages other than Latvian

The Ogre City Council announced that the Council and municipal institutions will not accept applications written in languages other than Latvian. Such decision was taken upon initiative of the city’s Vice-Mayor, member of nationalistic party “All for Latvia!” The Vice-Mayor also opposes to performance of musicians from Russia on Ogre’s concert stage and plans to stop such concerts in the future. According to the leader of “All for Latvia!” Raivis Dzintars, Ogre is the first city where members of “All for Latvia!” have a chance to show themselves as an authority.

The Ogre City Council announced that the Council and municipal institutions will not accept applications written in languages other than Latvian. Such decision was taken upon initiative of the citys Vice-Mayor, member of nationalistic party All for Latvia! The Vice-Mayor also opposes to performance of musicians from Russia on Ogres concert stage and plans to stop such concerts in the future. According to the leader of All for Latvia! Raivis Dzintars, Ogre is the first city where members of All for Latvia! have a chance to show themselves as an authority. Chas, Vesti Segodnya, Telegraf, Latvijas Avize