Latvia

French fighter jet shoots down Russian drone over NATO territory as security incidents escalate

The Latvian army, without saying who had launched the drone, said it had entered from Russia "as a result of Russian electromagnetic warfare."

 Latvian, French and NATO flags flutter in front of a French Rafale fighter jet of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission, in the Lielvarde air base, Latvia April 14, 2026.
THE PATH leading into the Rumbula Forest, appearing pastoral today.

Rumbula Forest: Latvia’s forgotten mass graves

Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, US, on December 19, 2025

Latvia launches human trafficking probe after Epstein Files included Latvian models' information

YEHORAM GAON

Popular Israeli singer Yehoram Gaon marries partner Ella Lusa at age 86


Former MK Solodkin found dead in Latvia hotel

Ex-Yisrael B'Aliya, Likud and Kadima MK had been at anti-fascism conference in Riga when she felt ill and returned to hotel room.

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Latvia FM: EU should avoid 'lecturing' on settlements

In interview with the 'Post,' Rinkevics says it's difficult to lecture another country on such a complex situation.

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevics 370 (R)

Liberman says Israel will never leave the Golan

Foreign minister says he views Golan Heights just as he does TA, Netanya, Holon, "ceding them would be suicidal."

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A tiny nation losing its character

The Latvian phenomenon provides food for thought for other small peoples, whose larger neighbors gaze toward their territories, with an eye toward swallowing and assimilating them.

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The death of a Nazi-hunter

It is a shame that Cukurs’ many heinous crimes were never presented to a court of law, but at least he was not able to escape punishment.

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Clinton presses Latvia to give back Jewish property

Property, whose owners were killed by the Nazis, was seized by the Soviet Union; rare point of contention between the allies.

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EU agency: Statistics on anti-Semitism inaccurate

Fewer anti-Semitic incidents were recorded in Europe in 2011 says European Union agency.

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US anti-Semitism envoy to meet Swedish mayor

Envoy Hannah Rosenthal to raise offensive comments in meeting with Malmo mayor, observe Holocaust commemorations in Latvia.

US Envoy Hannah Rosenthal 370

Completing the narrative

In the past year, Yad Vashem purchased the right to copy a million documents stored in the archives of Poland and the former Soviet Union, including those in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Belarus.

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Initiating the trade route

Diplomats and business people invited to the inauguration of the Israel-Latvia Chamber of Commerce had a tough time locating the South Tel Aviv factory where it was held.

Lieberman at celebrity event