Latvia: Second [official] language Referendum

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The language/ethnic issue in Latvia has caught my attention since the first time I visited the country in December 2010. A Russian ethnic minority (almost 27%) live in this Baltic country of just 2.1 million inhabitants (and declining, it must be said).

A large proportion of Russian native speakers have failed to fully integrated to the country by refusing to adopt Latvian as language, with the consequence of having a noncitizen status. However, they claim is legitimate that the Latvian state recognises officially their language as official.