A Simon Wiesenthal Center official has sent a letter to Latvian President Anatolijs Gorbunovs protesting his participation in ceremonies this week marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of ...

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RIGA, LatviaRIGA, Latvia — More than 1,000 people paid tribute Wednesday to Latvians who fought on the side of Nazi Germany in Waffen SS detachments during World War II. Flanked by flag-bearers, ...

RIGA (Reuters) - Several hundred veterans, relatives and supporters of a Nazi SS division formed from Latvians during World War Two held their controversial annual commemoration on Monday in defiance ...

Local antifascists from the Association against Nazism demand that the monument be dismantled and that the mayor of Bauska resign RIGA, September 19 (Itar-Tass) —— A monument to members of three ...

A protester was arrested for holding up a picture of Jews being murdered in the Holocaust. RIGA, Latvia (JTA) — Police arrested a man for displaying a poster of soldiers killing Jews at the annual ...

The FINANCIAL — RIGA. Latvia's ruling New Era party said on March 7 it would appeal against a decision by the Latvian capital's legislature to ban a demonstration by Waffen SS veterans and their ...

RIGA , Latvia, March 13 (UPI) -- A court in Riga, Latvia, has ruled a Latvian ultra-loyalist group will not be allowed to march Sunday in a tribute to Waffen SS veterans of World War II. Riga ...

RIGA, March 15 (Itar-Tass) —— The administrative district court on Thursday overruled the ban of the Riga Duma on the holding of a march by the organization of the Latvian SS Legion veterans – the ...

Appropriately housed in a dark, tarnished building that once gleamed in copper and served as a center for spreading Communist propaganda, the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia is a testament to the ...

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