Latvian rethink on nationality law
Latvia's President, Guntis Ulmanis, yesterday ordered parliament to reconsider a controversial citizenship law that has been widely condemned as discriminatory against Latvia's large ethnic Russian minority, Adrian Bridge reports. Mr Ulmanis said the law would damage Latvia's standing in the eyes of the international community and harm the country's interests.
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