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Herbert Cukurs had a senior position in the Arajs Kommando, a Nazi death squad in German-occupied Latvia. In late 1941, he ...
The government, along with two other Baltic nations and Poland, agreed last month to quit the 1997 accord that prohibits from ...
The planned construction of the defence line along the eastern border Latvia shares with Russia and Belarus, set for ...
The Latvian parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention international treaty that bans ...
Directed by Gints Zilbalodis, the silent animated film from Latvia won the Best Animated Feature at the 97th Academy Awards ...
It is planned to oblige citizens of Russia and Belarus to report their stay in Latvia. This is provided for by the rule, ...
Poland will soon bolster its military deployment to Latvia to beef up the defense of frontline states in NATO’s east, said ...
Yad Vashem condemned Latvia’s Prosecution Office’s decision to close the investigation into Herberts Cukurs for his role in the Holocaust. The “Latvian war criminal and Nazi collaborator ...
T HIS SPRING, the Lithuanian hamlet of Lavoriskes is tranquil. No traffic disturbs the country road that leads from the ...
Today, Latvia officially spat in the face of every Holocaust victim and survivor. In a decision as shameful as it is historically obscene, a Latvian court has exonerated Herberts Cukurs ...