Latvia
Latvian man lights up swastika Christmas ornament, authorities say it’s a...
17 Dec, 2017
Residents of a town in Latvia reported seeing a huge shining swastika among a neighbor's outdoor Christmas decorations, but city authorities brushed...
‘Declarations not enough,’ Moscow tells ‘concerned’ OSCE after Latvia expels journalist
Russia has demanded that the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) take concrete steps to ensure press freedom in Latvia, after the...
Free Market accomplishments: Latvia’s Population Plunges 27%
Latvia Finally Accomplishes Dream of Returning to Pre-Soviet Times as Population Plunges 27 Percent Since 1991
Latvia finally reaches population size it enjoyed in the...
Downplaying Nazi crimes to pursue Russophobia – Neocon revisionism hits Britain
By Neil Clark *
Photo: People at the annual procession commemorating the Latvian Waffen-SS (Schutzstaffel) unit in Riga, Latvia © Reuters / Reuters
We live in...
The “Non-Citizens” of the Baltic States: Α European Scandal nobody speaks...
Different exits – Different approaches
By Tatjana Zdanoka,
Strasbourg, 4 October 2017
The negotiations on Brexit are attracting a lot of attention. In particular, the possible erosion...
NATO and Putin’s “Threats” to the Baltics
The idea that Russia poses a threat to any NATO nation is as plausible as the notion that Saddam Hussein threatened the world with weapons of mass destruction. Or that Libya’s Gadhafy was preparing a genocidal campaign against his own people. Or that Iran plans to use nukes to wipe Israel off the map. These are all examples of the Big Lie.
NATO orders four additional battalions to Russian border
TThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is sending 4,000 additional troops to Eastern Europe in the name of reassuring Poland and the Baltic states, the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed on Monday. “We will agree to deploy by rotation four robust multi-national battalions in the Baltic states and Poland,” Stoltenberg told NATO officials.