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Liāna Langa wrote that a Russian man placed an order in Russian at the Ikšķile Rupert's bakery, but the Latvian woman working at the counter served him in that language. Langa expressed outrage at the situation, comparing the employee's behavior to a service worker trained in Moscow, and called for it to end, adding the hashtag #DeRussianizeLatvia. #AtkrieviskoLatviju #Latvija #Krievi #Kultūra (translated)

Aina Druva wrote that the previous day at the Sportland store in Akropole, a 40-year-old Russian man insisted on speaking to a young saleswoman in Russian, even though she had said that she did not understand or speak the language. When Druva pointed this out to him, the man pretended not to understand and explained that he was speaking Russian because he is Russian. Druva urged the urgent adoption of a law to put an end to such situations. #Ārvalstnieki #KultūrasSaskarsme #ValoduPolitika (translated)

Today, the news in simple language reported on plans to acquire shares in Latvia's mobile phone company and Tet, fluctuations in mobile communications during crisis situations, changes in the Saeima's budget oversight, stricter penalties for illegal human trafficking, military attacks in Ukraine, and the recovery of the Pope after surgery. #Ziņas #Telekomunikācijas #Saeima (translated)

Aija Kaija wrote that after treatment at the Oncology Center, she was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday, although it was initially planned for Tuesday. According to her, the doctors wanted to perform a lung CT scan. Kaija emphasized that the medical staff at the Riga East Clinical University Hospital (RAKUS) had been careful and professional in her experience. She noted that she received her last brachytherapy procedure on Tuesday, and this time it was easier, thanks to a different anesthesiologist and the removal of instruments by her treating doctor. Kaija advised patients to discuss the use of sedatives and painkillers with their doctors. She also expressed concern for elderly Silvija, who, as Kaija wrote, could not use either chemotherapy or anesthesia during brachytherapy due to heart failure. Kaija also mentioned a woman over 70 years old with stage 4 cervical cancer and a second recurrence. Kaija wrote that her doctors Māra and Zane were satisfied with the treatment results. Zane, according to Kaija, noted that in her experience, patients with similar indicators had recurrence of cancer in less than 10% of cases within a few years. However, whether the cancer has completely disappeared, Kaija wrote, she would find out in three months. She warned that, in her opinion, a break in chemotherapy significantly increases the risk of recurrence and that treatment should be carried out according to the plan. Kaija shared that her friend Sabīne has to stay longer in the hospital during treatment and has settled in Kaija's private room. Kaija noted that the cost per day has increased from 25 to 33 euros. She wrote that Sabīne would not be able to go home on weekends because getting sick during the virus season could interfere with treatment. Regarding her own well-being, Kaija wrote that she feels a pronounced fatigue and lack of energy after therapy, also experiencing menopausal symptoms at the age of 42. She expressed sadness over the fact that she will no longer be able to have children and said she would soon share news about the tests that will show whether the cancer has been overcome. #onkoloģija #veselība #dzīve (translated)

Susuris expresses anger that a woman has become a Latvian citizen. He described her disparagingly and claimed that her diploma obtained in India has an unclear origin, she lacks empathy for Latvia, and lacks knowledge of the Latvian language. Susuris also wrote that there is no need to grant citizenship to every migrant worker and called the situation a shame, addressing it to Jēkaba Street 11. https://t.co/WBBGzFwC4s #Latvija #pilsonība #kauns (translated)

Kaspars Ūdris asked Leonīds Ragozins how many words or sentences in Latvian he could say after 12 years in Latvia. Ūdris invited him, with respect towards Latvia, to record a video in Latvian without MI, AI, or Translate and publish it to Latvian journalists. https://t.co/WlFVlF8T7x #latviešuvaloda #Latvija #žurnālistika (translated)

Lato Lapsa wrote that the police hastily replaced the Russian language with the Ukrainian language on their sign, thinking that no one would notice. He described this action as police stupidity, using a derogatory term. https://t.co/ZVBY1zZXPN #uztvere #valodas #humors (translated)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed amendments to the education law that could help revoke Hungary's veto on Ukraine's accession to the European Union, allowing national minorities to receive education in both the state and native languages. #Ukraina #izglītība #EiropasSavienība (translated)

News in simple language on October 12 reports on airBaltic's huge losses, the delay in forming a new government, territorial defense training, prosecution charges against neurologist Leonīds Viškers, the ban on grain transit from Russia and Belarus, an accident in Liepāja, new EU sanctions against Russia, Finland's call to restrict Russian citizens' travel, Greece's plans to ban social media for children, cyber attacks on French supermarkets, military exercises in Belarus, Estonia's new president Ille Madis, and the candidates for Latvia's annual basketball award. #airBaltic #ziņas #sporta (translated)

On October 7, Latvian news in easy language includes information about invalid postal votes in the Saeima elections, planned legal amendments regarding border guard weapons, Russian missile attacks in Ukraine, as well as a new board member at the concert hall Gors and delays in flu vaccine deliveries. #Latvija #vēlēšanas #Covid19 (translated)

Foreign students are often denied visas at Latvian universities, mainly due to low academic performance and insufficient English language skills, with the highest dropout rates at Rīga Stradiņš University and the University of Latvia. #studenti #augstskolas #izglītība (translated)

Marats Kasems wrote that Natālija Kuprijanova moved from Daugavpils to Krasnodar with her three sons because, according to her, the Latvian language caused one son to have epileptic seizures. Kasems pointed out that the son is now taking medication and there have been no more seizures, but Kuprijanova associates the improvement with moving to Russia. Kasems claimed that in Krasnodar, Kuprijanova's sons were not admitted to a general education school because they had not passed the Russian language exam required for migrant children. According to him, Kuprijanova planned to complain to Vladimir Putin and noted that her family is ethnically Russian and Old Believers. Kasems contrasted this situation with the circumstances in Latvia, where children, according to him, could attend school for free. #vatņiki #krievija #Daugavpils #deokupācija #LatviešuValoda #vatņiki #krievija #LatviešuValoda (translated)

Yesterday was a "super" episode - our aunt (disabled) fell to the ground (it was impossible for one woman to lift her). A man and a woman walked by. Desperately shouting: "Please, please, help!" they were running after them. They didn't respond. Maybe they didn't hear? Again: "I beg you, help!?" The man turned around and replied in broken Latvian: "I will not help you!" The woman didn't even turn around. P.S. A big thank you to the village chat, where a Latvian guy responded, who arrived on a bike in a few minutes and helped lift the disabled aunt into the chair! #palīdzība #izglābšana #latvieši (translated)

The Saeima has decided that content in Russian will only be created in public media in exceptional cases, abolishing the previous obligation to produce content in minority languages and strengthening the status of the Latvian language as the only state language. #mazākumtautības #valodas #sabiedriskieMediji (translated)

Strengthening the role of the Russian language in Uzbekistan with Latvian taxpayers' money. This has happened due to the funding allocated to the organization Marta Center by the Society Integration Foundation (SIF) - 11,734 euros. The goal of the project is to “promote the involvement and capacity strengthening of Latvian civil society organizations in an international cooperation project aimed at preventing gender-based violence and developing a support system in Uzbekistan, providing methodological tools and training for local NGOs and other interested partners to improve the identification, support, and social integration of victims of violence.” The project has been implemented in a multilingual environment and the methodological (!!!) and informational materials are available in Russian and Uzbek. Thus, the methodological materials are in Russian. At a time when the Latvian budget lacks funds and we are not always able to help our people, the presence of the Russian language in Uzbekistan is being promoted at the expense of all society's resources. This case once again shows that SIF should either be liquidated or seriously reformed and cannot continue like this. #Šķelšanās #Sabiedrība #Valoda (translated)

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