From January 1, 2026, Latvia is set to prohibit the teaching of Russian as a second foreign language in schools.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7224815

From January 1, 2026, Latvia is set to prohibit the teaching of Russian as a second foreign language in schools.

Starting the same date, Russian-language TV and radio broadcasting will be banned in state media. Additionally, the VAT on sales of Russian-language books will increase to 21%.

These measures aim to reduce the presence of the Russian language and strengthen the role of the Latvian language in society.

Russian is the native language for 36% of Latvians.[1]

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language_in_Latvia ↩︎

  • F_State@midwest.social
    1023·
    4 days ago

    Latvians don’t want to be Russia’s Sudetenland, especially since the previous conquest of their country in WW2 led to wide scale deportations of Latvians and migration of Russians. It’s not a good solution but like many colonized areas they’re stuck between a rock and a hard place.