Latvia's Lady Liberty stands atop a stone pillar in a downtown Riga plaza, holding three gilded stars above her head to remind onlookers of the country's hard-fought unity and freedom. Built in ...

RIGA, Latvia (JTA) — Each year on March 16 ... something that belongs to the whole of Latvia, it has to be at Freedom Monument,” Lolita Tomsone, the organizer, told JTA.

the “Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders”) is, as I write, being dismantled in Riga, the Latvian capital. I wrote about this excrescence here.

RIGA, Latvia (JTA) — Police arrested a man for ... flanked by hundreds of supporters waving Latvian flags, gathered around Freedom Monument for the march under heavy police guard.

Navigate backward to interact with the calendar and select a date. Press the question mark key to get the keyboard shortcuts for changing dates. Freedom Monument and the Central District $25 $500+ ...

TASS/. Latvia’s state police launched a criminal case into Saturday’s act of vandalism committed against a monument to Soviet soldiers who liberated the Latvian capital of Riga from Nazi ...

On July 14, Latvia’s Cabinet of Ministers approved the dismantling of 69 military monuments dating back to the Soviet era, including the monument in Riga’s Victory Park, memorials dedicated to ...