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 ...

RIGA (Reuters) - Latvians who fought in the local unit of Nazi Germany's Waffen SS held their annual parade on Sunday, an event which the government feared could raise tensions with Russia as former ...

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 ...

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 ...

Approximately 600 people gathered here over the weekend to mark the anniversary of a Latvian Nazi SS unit. In addition, the Latvian National Soldiers Association commemorated Saturday with more than ...

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 ...

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 ...

October 24, 1921 – February 10, 2017 They say when an old man dies, it is like a library burning down. This is the case with Karlis Smiltens, age 95. One of the last Latvian Legionnaires, Karlis made ...