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• State Language Centre plans to introduce volunteer language inspectors
• Riga City Council announced enrolment for free-of-charge state language courses

The State Language Centre (SLC) plans to introduce volunteer language inspectors. According to the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Justice Janis Iesalnieks, there are only 19 state (Latvian) language inspectors in Latvia and they are not able to solve all the problems regarding state language usage. Mr Iesalnieks believes that volunteer inspectors could become helpers for companies and private persons who do not have sufficient knowledge about state language usage. Such practice could also help to improve the SLC image as an institution which is not repressive but helpful to Latvian residents, says Iesalnieks. It is planned that the volunteer inspectors will go through special training and will be issued certificates. Vesti Segodnya

The Riga City Council announced enrolment for free-of-charge state language courses. The City Council granted EUR 117,510 for implementation of seven projects aimed at organisation of state language courses for 1200 Riga residents. In 2012, 2569 persons graduated free-of-charge state language courses, 1391 in 2013, and 1232 in 2014. Vesti Segodnya