One country that claims to be the home of the world's first Christmas tree is Latvia. Several sources, including the National Christmas Tree Association, note that the first written record of a ...

Latvia’s parliament has passed a new law requiring citizens of countries outside the E.U., NATO, and the OECD to provide detailed information about the purpose of their visit before each entry into ...

A few years ago, the scenario which Canadian and other NATO troops rehearsed in Latvia last week might have seemed unthinkable — even alarmist to the untrained eye. On a mud-soaked ...