Latvia

UK counterterror police arrest two Latvian men under National Security Act for RAF base incursion

The men were initially arrested on suspicion of trespass on a prohibited site and criminal damage, then re-arrested on suspicion of an offense under the National Security Act 2023.

B‑1B Lancer bomber at the RAF Fairford airbase, which hosts US Air Force personnel, in Fairford, Gloucestershire, Britain, September 27, 2026. Police declared a major incident at UK's Fairford air base after several men were arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act.
Latvian Defense Minister Raivis Melnis (left) meets with Defense Minister Israel Katz on September 24, 2026.

Israeli weapons are top-notch, I support its right to self-defense, Latvian Def. Min. tells 'Post'

Latvia's drone industry. The country ranks as Europe's seventh-largest drone exporter, a capacity now pairing with the Negev's field-tested edge.

Building a drone bridge from Israel's Negev to NATO’s eastern flank

Israeli elemantary school children prepare to go back to school, in moshav Yashresh, as schools and kindergardens re-open following a ceasefire agreement. April 9, 2026.

Israel’s education system is failing the students who will shape its future - editorial


Hundreds of teens gather in Ukraine for leadership conference

JDC says event is largest gathering of Jewish teenagers from FSU.

Teenage girls smile while attending the BBYO international convention in Dallas.

Latvian lawmakers to participate in annual SS march through capital

Around sixty seven out of seventy thousand Latvian Jews died in the holocaust, he said.

Sympathizers rally at the Freedom Monument in Riga to commemorate the Latvian Legion of the Nazi Waffen-SS, March 2015

Latvia: An unlikely escape

"Latvia is like the Daugava River running through the capital, Riga: indifferent, serene and crisp."

The view from the isolated and relaxing Jonathan Spa

Baltic marches to a dangerous drum

Ultra-nationalists pitch a dangerous revision of the accepted narrative of World War II and the Holocaust.

PEOPLE TAKE part in the annual procession commemorating the Latvian Waffen-SS (Schutzstaffel) unit, also known as the Legionnaires, in Riga on March 16.

Latvia PM to fire minister over plan to join SS march

Now in their 80s and 90s, the men who joined the Nazi's SS say they were fighting for Latvian freedom against the return of the Soviets.

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The remarkable untold story of Israel Michelson

A daring mission by Latvian partisans saved the first and only Jew to escape Nazi-occupied Latvia.

Israel and Miriam Michelson at a rally 521

Lithuanian president congratulates Peres on resumption of peace talks

Dalia Grybauskaite says new development welcomed by EU; pledges support for peace process.

Latuva President

A threat too serious to ignore

Israel should take action on Holocaust-related issues as some "culprits" likely to take over EU presidency.

Vilnus Holocuast memorial

Politicians eulogize former MK Marina Solodkin

PM Netanyahu and MKs pay tribute to former MK Marina Solodkin who died in Riga Saturday night.

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Politicians eulogize former MK Marina Solodkin

PM Netanyahu and MKs pay tribute to former MK Marina Solodkin who died in Riga Saturday night.

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