🇱🇻 Latvian Seim bans Russian-language broadcasting in public media from 2027

Lawmakers adopted amendments to the law on public media in the third reading, sharply restricting the use of Russian in content by the public broadcaster LSM. The changes took effect January 1, 2027, establishing Latvian as the sole state language in public media.

Russian-language content will be permitted only in exceptional cases: during emergencies or states of exception, or for targeted debunking of disinformation threatening Latvia's democracy and security.