RIGA, Latvia (JTA) — Each year on March 16 ... a Latvian who saved Jews during World War II. She said she was inspired to organize the event after seeing the mobilization of Ukrainians around ...
In the Latvian capital, pagan traditions are closely observed to mark the winter solstice — but there’s also a creative, contemporary side to the city, playing out in its arts venues, New Nordic ...
A South Shields man had a unique claim to history. He won the Iron Cross. Harald Bricis, of Ocean Road, was awarded the ...
Also in the neighborhood is the Riga Ghetto and Holocaust in Latvia Museum, telling the story of the tens of thousands of Jews murdered by all factions during World War II. Ready to discover more ...
TASS/. Tearing down the monument to Soviet Army Soldiers in Riga will come as another act of state vandalism and triumph of Russophobia, the chairman of the Russian State Duma’s committee for ...
Nato has responded by doubling the size of its force in Latvia, with more to come, and the government in Riga is even discussing conscription. Russian media channels have been banned, and any ...
TV Rain has been told by Latvia's media regulator it must stop broadcasting on 8 December Russia's last independent television channel, TV Rain, has been shut down in Latvia after less than five ...