Jāņi isn’t the only surprise of my month-long visit to Latvia. The country’s coast is a revelation too: 500km of ...

But the Latvian Prosecutor General’s Office closed its case against Cukurs on April 4, according to Ilya Lensky, the director of the Jews in Latvia Museum who presented research on Cukurs.

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In the Latvian capital, pagan traditions are closely observed to mark the winter solstice — but there’s also a creative, contemporary side to the city, playing out in its arts venues, New ...

Baltic nation says it couldn't find evidence against Herberts Cukurs, believed responsible for killing tens of thousands of Latvian Jews during the Holocaust The post Yad Vashem condemns Latvia ...

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Latvia again closes case against ‘Butcher of Riga,’ tied to mass murder of Jews. Yad Vashem: 'Baffling.' ...

Latvia has decided to reopen the criminal investigation into the crimes of the so-called Butcher of Riga, walking back on the country’s prosecution office’s choice to close the case last month.

A court in Latvia has closed its case against Herberts Cukurs, the “Butcher of Riga” believed to be personally responsible for killing at least 30,000 Latvian Jews during the Holocaust, the ...

Fast Forward Latvia again closes case against ‘Butcher of Riga,’ tied to mass murder of Jews Some far-right Latvians venerate Herbert Cukurs, whom Mossad agents assassinated in 1965 ...

Yad Vashem denounced “repeated attempts to rehabilitate Cukurs’s image in Latvia by those distorting and ignoring historical truth.” The closure of the case may allow Latvia to seek to ...