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Nearly a decade after regaining its independence, Latvia continues to wrestle with the issues of language and citizenship. RFE/RL correspondent Jeremy Bransten reports on current difficulties in ...

Legislation on citizenship was toughened up in 2006. Candidates who fail a Latvian language test three times will be denied citizenship. People without citizenship are entitled neither to vote nor to ...

The roof collapse last Thursday in the Zolitude neighborhood of the capital, Riga, left more than 50 people dead – the deadliest incident in Latvia since the country became independent in 1991.

Latvia's parliament met for 10 minutes at midnight, wearing team jerseys, after the country won a bronze medal at the hockey world championships. ... People woke up to the surprise day off.

People lay flowers at a monument commemorating the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in Riga, Latvia, on May 10. Andrius Sytas/Reuters hide caption ...

Around 3,500 Russian citizens in Latvia will receive letters from the migration authority this week asking them to leave the country. The government body said on September 21 that they were people ...

Latvia’s spy guidance is likely part of a broader initiative to shore up the country’s defenses against a layered set of threats from Russia, from disinformation to cyberwarfare to overt ...

Latvia sends soldiers to boost security on border with Belarus. Latvia says country is facing increased ‘hybrid threats’ and blames Belarusian authorities of involvement in encouraging people ...

RIGA, Latvia — In a country that was among the hardest hit by the global recession, some young people say that a shattered economy has a bright side: the freedom to invent a living that would ...

For centuries Latvia was primarily an agricultural country, with seafaring, fishing and forestry as other important factors in its economy. Latvia was under foreign dominion from the 13th until the ...