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 ...

Latvian veterans who fought for Nazi Germany against the Soviets in World War II staged a controversial march through Riga Wednesday to mark a key 1944 battle. Police said more than 1,000 people ...

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 ...

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 ...

MINSK, 24 June (BelTA) – The behavior of individual representatives of the political elite of Latvia demonstrates the continuity of views of Nazi criminals, representatives of the Prosecutor General's ...

The Latvian government and the Baltic nation’s Jewish community are reeling from a bombing that seriously damaged the only synagogue in the Baltic nation’s capital city of Riga. “People are angry and ...