RIGA (BNS) - A majority of parliamentary deputies look set to vote for a controversial law on the usage of the state language on July 8 despite international concern over some provisions of the legislation.Members of the People's Party, the Social Democrats, and the For Fatherland and Freedom factions of the legislature, have said they will come out in favor of the bill which seeks to increase the usage of Latvian within society, and their support would give it a large majority. However, members of the international community have said that provisions in the law which seek to regulate what ...
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