Latvia

Aug 25, 2023 It turned out that Evika Siliņa who dreams of the Latvian Prime Minister’s post once had very different dreams. Journalists investigated and found...

By Oksana Chelysheva On May 23rd a trial on Vladimir Linderman began in Riga. It is one of the numerous cases which the courts of...

By Oksana Chelysheva * The ”Confidence Building Measures In the Face Of Sharp Polarization in Europe” roundtable at the  European Parliament on March 20 (https://www.defenddemocracy.press/brussels-call-stop-the-war-stop-sending-arms-to-ukraine/)...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...