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• Free-of-charge Latvian language courses to be made available for third country nationals
• 2,213 persons received Latvian citizenship through naturalisation in 2012
• Latvijas Avize prints an interview with the head of the control department of the State Language Centre Antons Kursitis

NGO “Shelter. Safe House” will start free-of-charge Latvian language courses for third country nationals in the framework of a project co-funded by the European Integration Fund. The courses will be of six month duration in Riga, Olaine and Liepaja. Vesti Segodnya

According to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, 2,213 persons received Latvian citizenship through naturalisation in 2012. It is 5% fewer compared with 2011. Diena

Latvijas Avize prints an interview with the head of the Control Department of the State Language Centre Antons Kursitis. According to Mr Kursitis, the number of complaints concerning the violation of the State Language Law increased almost twice during 2012 compared with previous years. Despite the fact, Mr Kursitis believes the situation with Latvian language has improved in many fields. The biggest problems Mr Kursitis sees in the fact that Russian speakers ignore using the Latvian language, especially in private companies and also in the fact that state officials and state institutions promote self-sufficiency of Russian language by using it in official communication.