Both national and international composers were invited to submit songs, however the competing artists had to have Latvian citizenship.

Kononov accepted the offer, which entailed giving up his previously-held Latvian citizenship.

It also supports changes in Latvian citizenship so that it would be awarded to a large number of non-citizens.

The party opposes granting all non-citizens Latvian citizenship or voting rights in local elections.

By 2011, more than half of non-citizens had taken naturalization exams and received Latvian citizenship.

When a survey was conducted recently, however, in late 2008, among people who had not become naturalised, 74% did not wish to obtain Latvian citizenship.

It is possible that these convictions on their part are a significant obstacle to any wish to acquire Latvian citizenship.

There was a Palestinian exile who took Latvian citizenship.

Of the 700,000 or so residents now without Latvian citizenship, 85 percent are Russian speakers.

He was officially granted his Latvian citizenship and moved in to live with his sister, who had no other family.