Latvia

Foreign minister says he views Golan Heights just as he does TA, Netanya, Holon, "ceding them would be suicidal."

The Latvian phenomenon provides food for thought for other small peoples, whose larger neighbors gaze toward their territories, with an eye toward swallowing and assimilating them.

It is a shame that Cukurs’ many heinous crimes were never presented to a court of law, but at least he was not able to escape punishment.

Property, whose owners were killed by the Nazis, was seized by the Soviet Union; rare point of contention between the allies.

Fewer anti-Semitic incidents were recorded in Europe in 2011 says European Union agency.

Envoy Hannah Rosenthal to raise offensive comments in meeting with Malmo mayor, observe Holocaust commemorations in Latvia.

In the past year, Yad Vashem purchased the right to copy a million documents stored in the archives of Poland and the former Soviet Union, including those in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Belarus.

Diplomats and business people invited to the inauguration of the Israel-Latvia Chamber of Commerce had a tough time locating the South Tel Aviv factory where it was held.

Previous adviser Dan Ashval is appointed ambassador to Finland; Ben-Hur previously served as ambassador to Vatican, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

Na'ale is a Jewish Agency program which brings Jewish youth to Israel from former Soviet states.