• Vesti Segodnya reports about a case when a surgeon in a hospital refused to speak in Russian with an old woman
• Ministry of Justice elaborated three variations on optimisation of work of Naturalisation Board and State Language Centre

Vesti Segodnya reports about a case when a surgeon in a hospital refused to explain in Russian to an old woman what to do with her grandson who got trauma. The surgeon spoke only in Latvia despite that the women said she does not understand it. After the accident, the woman turned to the committee of medical ethics and inspector of medical care quality, however, both replied that doctors are required to speak with patients in state language while usage of foreign languages is not obligatory. Newspaper reports that there are also many other complaints from Russian speaking residents that medical personnel refuse to explain things in Russian.

The Ministry of Justice elaborated three scenarios of optimisation of work of Naturalisation Board and State Language Centre. According to the first scenario, the State Language Centre could be merged with the State Language Agency, while the Naturalisation Board could be merged with the State Language Certification Unit of the Centre for Curriculum Development and Examinations (CCDE). Second scenario stipulates merge of the Naturalisation Board and the State Language Centre. And third scenario splits functions of the State Language Certification Unit of the CCDE between the Naturalisation Board and the State Language Centre. The Head of the Naturalisation Board Eizenija Aldermane and the Minister of Justice Gaidis Berzins considers that the first scenario is the most appropriate. Telegraf