Latvia is not alone in seeking to dismantle symbols of the Soviet era: Other nations critical of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including Poland, have said they will do the same. Estonia recently ...

"Latvia takes down one of the symbols of the Soviet occupation in Riga. Closing another painful page of the history and looking for better future." The obelisk has been controversial since Latvia ...

But the first time the evergreen was used as a Christmas tree was either in Tallinn, Estonia or Riga, Latvia ... But why are bells Christmas symbols? These Christmas ornaments have a history ...

at the very footstep of the Mother Latvia monument—one of the country’s most sacred national symbols. His grave, astonishingly, remains under the protection of the European Union flag ...

In The Language of Mathematics: The Stories behind the Symbols (Princeton University Press, 2025), author and mathematician Raúl Rojas explores these and other examples of the complex ...