Latvian Language

Latvian (latviešu valoda [ˈlatviɛʃu ˈvaluɔda]), also known as Lettish, is an Eastern Baltic language spoken in the Baltic region. It is the language of Latvians and the official language of Latvia as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 1.3 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and 100,000 abroad. Altogether, 2 million, or 80% of the population of Latvia, speak Latvian. Of those, around 1.16 million or 62% used it as their primary language at home.As a Baltic language, Latvian is most closely related to neighboring Lithuanian; however Latvian has followed a more …

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UN: The United Nations · 26 August 2024 English

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Strengthening of the National Cultural Space in the Latvian Language” financed by the state budget have been developed


UN: The United Nations · 23 August 2024 English

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be argued to be necessary to protect the Latvian language and its proper functioning as an integral other individuals’ ability to freely use the Latvian language in their daily lives. In addition, he claims incorporating them into the Latvian language system. To preserve the role of the Latvian language, no parallel forms into account the grammatical rules of the Latvian language, and, at the same time, the use of a minority of the Constitution stipulates that “[t]he Latvian language is the official language in the Republic


EU: European Union · 30 July 2024 English

The Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) is a research tool that is designed to identify potential risks to media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union and in Candidate …

informational space, which is based on the Latvian language and other EU languages". This decision was groups in society, strengthening the use of the Latvian language in public space, and the duty of preventing


EU: European Union · 24 July 2024 English

language-summary of the report of 17 November 2023 and Latvian-language original of the report of 17 November 2023 media after 1 January 2026 must only be in Latvian language or other languages belonging to the European information space, including high-quality Latvian language information, is an important aspect of ensuring cohesiveness on the basis of the official Latvian language. However, several associations of journalists


EU: European Union · 11 July 2024 English

This report presents the results and the methodology of the Media Pluralism Monitor 2024, based on its implementation in 32 countries (27 EU Member States and five candidate countries) for …

informational space, which is based on the Latvian language and other EU languages". This decision was


UN: The United Nations · 10 July 2024 English

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information in the State language. 5. The Latvian language is the only State language in Latvia, which


UN: The United Nations · 10 July 2024 English

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information in the State language. 5. The Latvian language is the only State language in Latvia, which


EU: European Union · 18 June 2024 English

2024/1683 of 17 June 2024 correcting the Latvian language version of Regulation (EU) 2023/915 on maximum particular Article 2(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) The Latvian language version of Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915 the substance of the provisions. (2) The Latvian language version of Regulation (EU) 2023/915 should


Liberties: The Civil Liberties Union for Europe · 29 April 2024 English

The Media Freedom Report 2024 is the third annual report on media freedom in the European Union (EU) produced by the Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties). It is based …

public media after 1 January 2026 to be in the Latvian language or other languages belonging to the European


EU: European Union · 25 April 2024 English

2023/590 of 12 January 2023 correcting the Latvian language version of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2035


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