Tom Ancitis
Tom Ancitis is a journalist for Latvian daily Latvijas Avize.
Updated: 17 February 2012
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Latvia: Russian, an official EU language?
17 February 201213610 Postimees Tallinn
Tom Ancitis is a journalist for Latvian daily Latvijas Avize.
Latvians will vote, on February 18, on whether to grant Russian the status of official second language. A legacy of the Soviet Era, this linguistic issue is divisive in a country that is seeking to forge a common identity.