Lithuania first, then Latvia a few minutes later, then Estonia. For 24 hours after detaching from the Soviet-era grid, the Baltic Power System will operate independently. If all goes as planned ...

Latvia is home to more than 2 million people including around 320,000 non-citizens. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, these citizens were deprived of the majority of political ...

Good riddance to it. Whatever it was known as, the monument was, in reality, a celebration of the brutal Soviet occupation of Latvia and, a daily insult to countless Latvians. After Latvia ...

Earlier this month, the State Security Service urged the Internal Affairs Ministry to bar the Russian lawyer from entering Latvia. Chashchilova’s current whereabouts aren’t clear, though unnamed ...

On July 14, Latvia’s Cabinet of Ministers approved the dismantling of 69 military monuments dating back to the Soviet era MOSCOW, August 24. /TASS/. The Latvian authorities are dismantling ...

Lithuania and Latvia have disconnected from the Soviet-era Russian electricity system, Rokas Masiulis, CEO of Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid, has reported. Source: ...