Latvia held a series of events across the country on Sunday to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the restoration of its ...

Big on history, architecture and – latterly – fine food, this often overlooked city is ideal for a budget weekend away ...

Herbert Cukurs had a senior position in the Arajs Kommando, a Nazi death squad in German-occupied Latvia. In late 1941, he personally took part in mass murder at the Riga Ghetto and the nearby ...

Yad Vashem condemned Latvia’s Prosecution Office’s decision ... Herberts Cukurs, the 'Butcher of Riga,' pictured in 1965. (credit: Wikimedia Commons) “We will insist and demand that the ...

On May 17, the organization will unveil its Freedom to Be Monument in the nation’s capital. According to the ACLU, the massive art installation, inspired by the AIDS Memorial Quilt, will consist ...

Lyle and Erik Menendez have spent decades in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents CDCR/MEGA The long-awaited resentencing hearing for the Menendez brothers, who are both serving life in ...