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Latvian mass media may be banned from using Russian

 
Jun 17, 2010 02:40 Moscow Time
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The Latvian Parliament has amended the law regulating mass media broadcasting language.

Likewise, all TV and radio channels of Latvia will have to use Latvian in 65% of their broadcasts.

If ratified by the President, the amendments will put informational restraint on about 45% of Latvia’s 2.3-million-strong nation as they speak Russian as their mother tongue.

Russian is not counted as a national language but many mass media outlets chose it their main language targeting the Russian speaking community.

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