National Review2y
The Baltic Monument Wars: Obelisk Down
Good riddance to it. Whatever it was known as, the monument was, in reality, a celebration of the brutal Soviet occupation of Latvia and, a daily insult to countless Latvians. After Latvia ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency6y
Nazi SS veterans hold an annual march in Latvia. Here’s how one woman is fighting back.
RIGA, Latvia (JTA) — Each year on March 16, a macabre event unfolds on the square around this capital city’s most famous monument. Known as the Memorial for Latvian Legionnaires, it is the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency7y
Hundreds march with Nazi SS veterans in Latvia
A handful of veterans, flanked by hundreds of supporters waving Latvian flags, gathered around Freedom Monument for the march under heavy police guard. The march in Latvia, a member of the NATO ...
TASS12y
Russia brands monument to SS established in Latvia as act of disgrace
Moscow states with regret that far from everywhere international partners harboring in Latvia demonstrated an adequate reaction to the practice of turning Nazi criminals into heroes. A monument to ...
TASS2y
Latvia’s ambassador summoned to Russian MFA over demolition of Soviet monuments
Latvia’s ambassador to Russia Maris Riekstins ... those to the effect that Riga was demolishing monuments to Soviet liberators because Russia's special military operation in Ukraine was ...