EBU Joins Journalism Orgs In Sounding Alarm Over Latvia's Plans To Remove Russian Language From Public Sector Media

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has joined international journalism organisations in sounding the alarm over Latvia’s plans to remove the Russian language from public sector broadcasting, even though it is the mother tongue of one third of its 1.8 million population. “We are concerned that this new proposal will mean Russian speakers in Latvia will …

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