The Latvian Sejm (parliament) banned the republic’s radio and television from broadcasting in Russian, despite the objections of the Public Media Council (SEPLP). This has been reported Web site Sejm.
This ban was included in the draft of Latvia’s new National Security Concept, approved by the country’s parliament.
“The most important national security priority is the prevention of threats to Latvia’s information space, which should be based on strong local Latvian media and high-quality content of the Latvian-language information environment. Considering that the role of the state language is strengthening in all areas of life, from 1 January 2026 content created by public media must be exclusively in Latvian or a language belonging to the European cultural sphere. “When the state stops funding Russian-language content, the process of creating a unified information space will be completed, and Russian-language content will continue to exist in commercial media at private expenses,” this concept states.
Before that the State Duma accepted A draft appeal condemning the repressive policies of the leaders of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania towards Russian-speaking citizens.
Previously in Latvia elongated Postponement of taking the Latvian exam for Russians.
Source: Gazeta
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