Latvia
Will Democracy bring to a Dictatorship?
Jan 17, 2023
It seems that the right to freedom of expression and prohibition of discrimination on grounds of political opinion is not more protected...
Journalists persecuted in the Baltics
January 5, 2023
Marat Kasem from Sputnik Lithuania has been accused of espionage and could face up to 20 years behind bars
Latvia has arrested the...
A new line of tension in relations with Russia has been...
By Tatjana Zdanoka,
Member of the European Parliament
For 31 years after dissolution of the USSR, there has been a continuous process of lowering the status...
Political repressions in Latvia hidden behind the events in Ukraine
By Oksana Chelysheva
The ongoing war in Ukraine is fraught with a broad range of imminent consequences. With its end still not being in sight,...
Attacks on monuments of the Soviet liberators
FIR follows with concern the attacks on monuments of the Soviet liberators in various European countries
At the beginning of April, we had to experience...
NATO Members at Odds Over Buildup in Eastern Europe
The Baltic states and Poland want a significantly expanded NATO presence on their soil, but some countries are skeptical
Posted on May 18, 2022
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The new EU: Erasing the memory of victory over Fascism
Protests kick off over plans to demolish Soviet memorial
Multiple protesters and opposition politicians were detained in Latvia
By Akash Maurya
May 14, 2022
Several hundred people attempted...
Latvia, a disappearing nation
Since it joined the EU, the country has lost one-fifth of its population
By Gordon F. Sander
January 5, 2018
RIGA — Atis Sjanits...
Washington’s Kurdish Client Collapses
The crisis at the border of Belarus is just half the story. Why would Kurdish migrants flee their Western-style democratic regime?
By Ted Galen Carpenter...
3 years in a Polish prison (2016-2019) for activities against NATO
Nov.1, 2021
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