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.

|ByTZVI JASPER
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

Playing the “home” game in Riga is obviously not ideal for Israel, but the squad has faced this challenge since the outbreak of the war in October 2023.

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

Herzog to receive credentials from six new ambassadors

Envoys from Estonia, Latvia, the EU, South Sudan, Zambia, and New Zealand to meet the president ahead of Rosh Hashanah.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Stone age tools.

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

Published in PLOS One, the Stone Dead Project finds many grave tools were unused or broken, suggesting ritual offerings across the eastern Baltic at a site with 330 burials from 7,500–2,500 BC.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Latvia PM to fire minister over plan to join SS march

Now in their 80s and 90s, the men who joined the Nazi's SS say they were fighting for Latvian freedom against the return of the Soviets.

MARCH 14, 2014ByREUTERS
Latvia's Cabinet 370

The remarkable untold story of Israel Michelson

A daring mission by Latvian partisans saved the first and only Jew to escape Nazi-occupied Latvia.

OCTOBER 17, 2013ByPAUL ALSTER
Israel and Miriam Michelson at a rally 521

Lithuanian president congratulates Peres on resumption of peace talks

Dalia Grybauskaite says new development welcomed by EU; pledges support for peace process.

JULY 31, 2013ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Latuva President

A threat too serious to ignore

Israel should take action on Holocaust-related issues as some "culprits" likely to take over EU presidency.

APRIL 9, 2013ByEFRAIM ZUROFF
Vilnus Holocuast memorial

Politicians eulogize former MK Marina Solodkin

PM Netanyahu and MKs pay tribute to former MK Marina Solodkin who died in Riga Saturday night.

MARCH 17, 2013ByLAHAV HARKOV
Solodkin 370

Politicians eulogize former MK Marina Solodkin

PM Netanyahu and MKs pay tribute to former MK Marina Solodkin who died in Riga Saturday night.

MARCH 17, 2013ByLAHAV HARKOV
Solodkin 370

Party leaders pay tribute to MK Marina Solodkin

PM Netanyahu and MKs pay tribute to former MK Marina Solodkin who died in Riga Saturday night.

MARCH 17, 2013ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Solodkin 370

Former MK Solodkin found dead in Latvia hotel

Ex-Yisrael B'Aliya, Likud and Kadima MK had been at anti-fascism conference in Riga when she felt ill and returned to hotel room.

MARCH 16, 2013ByLAHAV HARKOV
Solodkin 370

Latvia FM: EU should avoid 'lecturing' on settlements

In interview with the 'Post,' Rinkevics says it's difficult to lecture another country on such a complex situation.

OCTOBER 31, 2012ByHERB KEINON
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevics 370 (R)

Liberman says Israel will never leave the Golan

Foreign minister says he views Golan Heights just as he does TA, Netanya, Holon, "ceding them would be suicidal."

OCTOBER 30, 2012ByHERB KEINON
Golan Border (R370)