New language law put on hold
Oct 01, 1998
Steven C. Johnson
RIGA - After limping through 27 of 119 articles in a draft language law Sept. 28, the Latvian Parliament finally ran out of gas and agreed to put off final reading of the bill until a special post-election session Oct. 8.The bill has roots that stretch all the way back to 1995, when the Cabinet of Ministers drafted a new, stricter version of the country's language law that names Latvian the only official state language and regulates its use in the public and private sectors.However, the draft ha ...
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