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 ...

Crowd control barriers have been placed around the vicinity of the Freedom Monument in Riga, as LETA observed. The barriers are not fully restricting access to the monument and several people have ...

A non-Jewish Holocaust education professional started a grassroots commemoration for murdered Jews. RIGA, Latvia (JTA) — Each year on March 16, a macabre event unfolds on the square around this ...

For complete confidence, the NKMP monument will also be surveyed during the day, when there is more light. Fans of the Dutch football club “Ajax” staged a riot in the centre of Riga on Thursday night.