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 ...

RIGA, Latvia (JTA) — Each year on March 16 ... something that belongs to the whole of Latvia, it has to be at Freedom Monument,” Lolita Tomsone, the organizer, told JTA.

Navigate backward to interact with the calendar and select a date. Press the question mark key to get the keyboard shortcuts for changing dates. Freedom Monument and the Central District $25 $500+ ...

RIGA, Latvia (JTA) — Police arrested a man for ... flanked by hundreds of supporters waving Latvian flags, gathered around Freedom Monument for the march under heavy police guard.

the “Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders”) is, as I write, being dismantled in Riga, the Latvian capital. I wrote about this excrescence here.

cutting a piece of it and drawing obscene words on the monument’s pedestal RIGA, December 11. /TASS/. Russia’s Embassy in Latvia had condemned the act of vandalism against a memorial to the ...

TASS/. Latvia’s state police launched a criminal case into Saturday’s act of vandalism committed against a monument to Soviet soldiers who liberated the Latvian capital of Riga from Nazi ...

From Latvia's cottage cheese pancakes to meatball ... historic and cultural landmarks like Riga Castle and the Freedom Monument. Riga is also a hub of art with a vibrant scene, especially in ...