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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Approximately 600 people gathered here over the weekend to mark the anniversary of a Latvian Nazi SS unit. In addition, the Latvian National Soldiers Association commemorated Saturday with more than ...

RIGA (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 as former ...

Hundreds march in Latvia to commemorate Waffen SS unit The procession, included a few surviving members of the Waffen SS unit known as the Latvian Legion, was met by dozens of jeering protesters.

The recent uproar in Latvia over a proposed march by Latvian veterans of the Nazi SS highlighted the ambivalent relationship the Baltic nation has with its World War II behavior. After last year’s ...

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 ...