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Latvia: Parliament passes broadcast language law

Source: Baltic Times, July 15th 2010

RIGA - Latvian parliament has passed a revised version of the broadcast language law that President Valdis Zatlers vetoed, with the new version including his intended changes.

The bill requires that broadcast media include at least 65% of its content in the national language. The bill was met with harsh criticism from the Russian foreign ministry. More...