Latvia

Latvia launches human trafficking probe after Epstein Files included Latvian models' information

Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics called for the investigation after it was reported the Epstein documents included passport data and travel details for several Latvian women.

Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, US, on December 19, 2025
YEHORAM GAON

Popular Israeli singer Yehoram Gaon marries partner Ella Lusa at age 86

YAIR KRAVITS (right) and Team Israel were badly outplayed by both and Germany and Croatia in their opening two matches to 2027 World Cup qualifying.

Israel struggles in World Cup qualifiers, faces 'uphill battle' after disastrous opening window

President Isaac Herzog, pictured on August 5, 2025; illustrative.

Herzog to receive credentials from six new ambassadors


Latvian FM decries ‘disproportionate’ response to Gaza riots

However, he also added that Israel is "responding in a proportionate way" to missile attacks.

Latvia's Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics speaks during an interview in Riga, Latvia May 23, 2018. Picture taken May 23, 2018

European rabbis conclude meetings at Riga’s only surviving synagogue

The rabbis also prayed at the memorial of the destroyed Grand Synagogue.

European rabbis pray at the memorial of destroyed Grand Synagogue in Riga

Grapevine: 70th-anniversary damper?

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Orly Levy-Abecassis (L) and Adina Bar-Shalom (R)

Man holding poster of soldiers killing Jews arrested at Nazi SS march in Latvia

The march in Latvia is currently the only public event in Europe and beyond honoring those who fought under the banner of SS, Nazi Germany’s elite security force.

People participate in the annual procession commemorating the Latvian Waffen-SS (Schutzstaffel) unit, also known as the Legionnaires, in Riga, Latvia March 16, 2018

Grapevine: The Latvian connection

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Moshe Arens, flanked by Eliahu Valk and Latvian Ambassador to Israel Elita Gavel

Poland isn’t the only country censoring speech about the Holocaust

Jewish organizations, including the Simon Wiesenthal Center, said for their part that they understand the Polish frustration with terms like “Polish death camps.”

A climber installs the Ukrainian national flag on a roof, marking the Day of the State Flag, on the eve of the Independence Day, in Kiev, Ukraine, August 23, 2016

Nationalist Latvian lawmaker says Russian is 'language of Zionism'

To prove his point about Zionism, he cited Jewish-sounding last names of people he said were involved in protests against a plan to phase out the instruction in Russian in the country’s schools.

The Saeima, Lativa's Parliament in Riga

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