RIGA (Reuters) - Several hundred veterans, relatives and supporters of a Nazi SS division formed from Latvians during World War Two held their controversial annual commemoration on Monday in defiance ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Latvia’s environment minister will be fired for rejecting government orders not to participate in annual commemorations of Latvian soldiers who fought in Nazi units during World War ...

Latvia’s prime minister said she would fire a cabinet minister planning to march with local SS veterans. Einars Cilinskis, Latvia’s minister for environment and regional development, said he would ...

Latvia’s government warned people to avoid an annual march of World War Two Waffen SS veterans through its capital Riga on Sunday, citing tensions over Ukraine. Many of Latvia’s large Russian-speaking ...

RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Nearly 1,500 Latvians paid tribute on Friday to soldiers who fought in Nazi Germany's Waffen SS divisions, while nearby Russians held a counterprotest to recall war crimes ...

RIGA, March 16 (Reuters) - Latvians who fought in the local unit of Nazi Germany's Waffen SS held their annual parade on Sunday, an event which the government feared could raise tensions with Russia ...

RIGA (Reuters) - Latvia's government warned people to avoid an annual march of World War Two Waffen SS veterans through its capital Riga on Sunday, citing tensions over Ukraine. Many of Latvia's large ...

The FINANCIAL — RIGA. Latvia's ruling New Era party said on March 7 it would appeal against a decision by the Latvian capital's legislature to ban a demonstration by Waffen SS veterans and their ...

RIGA, March 15 (Itar-Tass) —— The administrative district court on Thursday overruled the ban of the Riga Duma on the holding of a march by the organization of the Latvian SS Legion veterans – the ...

This year, the Riga City Council has received seven requests for holding rallies on March 16 RIGA, March 13 (Itar-Tass) — The Administrative District Court revoked the ban of the Riga City Council on ...