Thursday, 1 May , 2025

Latvia

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 Categories Tags...

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 We remind our readers that publication of articles on our site does not mean that we agree with what is written. Our policy...

Hold on, Algirdas. You are not alone

Aug. 13, 2021 On August 9-11 solidarity rallies were held in Riga (Latvia), Kiev (Ukraine), Tallin (Estonia), Chisinau (Moldova), Tbilisi (Georgia), Liege (Belgium), Moscow (Russia)...