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Latvian and Russian border signs are seen at the Latvia-Russia border near Lidumnieki, Latvia August 8, 2023.

War beyond Ukraine? Romania, Latvia report Russian drones breach airspace

Karen Frostig has been working for nearly two decades to build a memorial at Jungfernhof, the Latvian site where the Nazis likely murdered her grandparents.

This artist is fighting for a memorial for the 4000 killed in at Jungfernhof, a Nazi camp in Latvia

By Deborah Lynn Blumberg/JTA

Jurmula, a short drive or train ride from Riga

Historic Jewish communities, roots travel, palaces and beach resorts in western Latvia

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The flags, from left to right, of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania at a ceremony in Riga, Latvia, in 2012.

Latvia, Lithuania pay Holocaust survivors and heirs for their stolen property

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

A memorial marker for Jews killed in the Holocaust can be seen in Rumbula forest, Riga, Latvia.

New technology helps uncover Holocaust gravesites in Latvia and Netherlands

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

RIGA CITY COUNCIL Deputy Chairman Linda Ozola.

A proud people with nothing to hide: Expanding the Riga Holocaust Museum

By DAVID ZEV HARRIS , MARK GORDON

RIGA, LATVIA’S gorgeous, compact capital, is full of history.

Riga: A Baltic gem with more than a dash of Jewish history

By DAVID ZEV HARRIS , MARK GORDON

Old Town Riga

Riga, Latvia: history, architecture, Jewish past, present & future

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A member of Lithuanian Riflemen's Union and a Border Guard officer patrol along Belarus border in Kaniukai, Lithuania July 7, 2023.

NATO flexes muscle to protect Vilnius summit near Russia, Belarus

By REUTERS

Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group speak with a Russian service member in a street near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023.

NATO, European states and US monitoring Wagner revolt in Russia

By REUTERS

Travel during corona

Thinking about traveling this summer? Here are some cheaper cities to visit in Europe

By MAARIV ONLINE

At the press conference in honor of the show "In the Tunnel" of the Gesher Theater

Israel and Latvia sign new memorandum on cultural cooperation

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MEMBERS OF Jewish Federations of North America’s National Young Leadership Cabinet pose with President Isaac Herzog during the 2022 International Study Mission in Israel.

Jewish philanthropy and leadership in Eastern Europe - opinion

By JOSH SCHOENBERG

Members of Latvian Auxiliary Police assemble a group of Jews, Liepāja, July, 1941.

Russian media releases declassified documents on the Holocaust – report

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

PLENARY SESSION on the Treatment of Minorities in the Middle East

‘Israel should be a global NATO partner’

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference with then-Latvian prime minister Maris Kucinskis, in 2018.

Israel has failed to fight Latvia, Lithuania's Holocaust distortion - opinion

By EFRAIM ZUROFF

LINDA OZOLA, deputy chair, Riga City Council.

There is no antisemitism in Latvia, Riga City Council deputy chair says

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

Protestors stand outside Hofburg Palace as a Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) takes place in Vienna, Austria, February 23, 2023.

Russian OSCE delegates walk out after 'Russian warship' quote

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF