Latvia

Popular Israeli singer Yehoram Gaon marries partner Ella Lusa at age 86

The couple reportedly first met on Facebook, after Lusa sent Gaon a message as a fan of his work. The two began talking on Skype, eventually met in person, and started dating.

YEHORAM GAON
YAIR KRAVITS (right) and Team Israel were badly outplayed by both and Germany and Croatia in their opening two matches to 2027 World Cup qualifying.

Israel struggles in World Cup qualifiers, faces 'uphill battle' after disastrous opening window

President Isaac Herzog, pictured on August 5, 2025; illustrative.

Herzog to receive credentials from six new ambassadors

Stone age tools.

'Man the Hunter' challenged: Stone Age graves show women buried with toolkits too


Holocaust in Latvia Marked with Special March of the Living

 March of the living Latvia

The expulsion of Jews from Lithuania and Courland in 1915

In the town of Kuzhi, the local Jews were accused of hiding German troops in their homes prior to a German attack on that town.

The Jewish cemetery of Šeduva, a Lithuanian town once home to a majority of Jews

Ukrainian prime minister visits White House

The Biden administration announced the same day that there will be a new program for Ukrainians who are interested in immigrating to the United States.

 RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER Sergei Lavrov shows the way to UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a meeting in Moscow last month.

Leaders of Poland and Baltic states head to Kyiv

The four join a growing number of European politicians to visit the Ukrainian capital since Russian forces were driven away from the country's north earlier this month.

Ukraine's President Zelenskiy and Prime Minister Shmygal attend a meeting with Czech Prime Minister Fiala, Slovenia's Prime Minister Jansa, Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki and Deputy Prime Minister Kaczynski in Kyiv, Ukraine March 15, 2022.

Polish, Baltic PMs urge Big Tech to close Russian accounts in joint letter

The letter called for further actions against the Russian government-backed media platforms – namely, the complete and total removal of their accounts from prominent social media websites.

 Social media: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok

Latvia, Canada allow citizens to fight in Ukraine

Thousands of foreigners have expressed interest in joining Ukraine's "International Legion."

 Ukrainian service members look for unexploded shells after a fighting with Russian raiding group in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in the morning of February 26, 2022, according to Ukrainian service personnel at the scene.

Latvia passes law for restitution of Jewish property taken in Holocaust

The worth of stolen Jewish real estate during the Holocaust was calculated to be in excess of €47 million.

National flag flutters over Latvian central bank headquarters in Riga, Latvia April 9, 2019.

Belarus must be held accountable for human trafficking, Baltic states say

'We ... condemn the actions taken by the Lukashenko regime instrumentalizing migrants for political purposes,' the presidents of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia said on Monday.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures as he delivers a speech during a rally of his supporters near the Government House in Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus August 16, 2020

Belgian town removes references to Latvian Nazi collaborators

A Belgian town is removing from a local square most of its references to a group of Latvian soldiers who were part of Nazi Germany’s SS forces after controversy.

Nazi war criminal Amon Goth's headshot

5,000-year-old bubonic plague victim found in Latvia - study

The plague caused the Black Death, wiping out about a third of the global population in the Middle Ages, but research indicates the disease is thousands of years older than previously thought.

A plague doctor and his typical apparel during the 17th Century Outbreak.