From January 1, 2026, Latvia is set to prohibit the teaching of Russian as a second foreign language in schools.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7224815

From January 1, 2026, Latvia is set to prohibit the teaching of Russian as a second foreign language in schools.

Starting the same date, Russian-language TV and radio broadcasting will be banned in state media. Additionally, the VAT on sales of Russian-language books will increase to 21%.

These measures aim to reduce the presence of the Russian language and strengthen the role of the Latvian language in society.

Russian is the native language for 36% of Latvians.[1]

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language_in_Latvia ↩︎

  • Cousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.chEnglish
    7·
    12 天前

    I think a language’s usefulness is rather subjective and subject to experience: I love learning all sorts of languages that I have no daily exposure to but I wouldn’t say knowing them is “useless.”

    • bluGill@fedia.io
      1·
      11 天前

      normally I’d agree but the language in question here is russian that currently needs to die for political reasons. Too bad, it is a pretty language from the little I’ve heard it.