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“Ukraine must not fall”: An Interview with Edvards Ratnieks, Vice-Mayor of Riga

Álvaro Peñas March 27, 2023

“Ukraine is currently fighting for the whole of Europe. Ukraine’s victory in the war is as important to us as it is to Ukrainians themselves. Ukraine must not fall, because then no country in Europe will be able to feel safe.”—Edvards Ratnieks

Latvian Election: Party of Staunch Putin Critic Wins

Tristan Vanheuckelom October 4, 2022

None of the parties catering to Latvia’s ethnic Russian minority, which makes up more than 25% of the country’s 1.9 million population, managed to secure a seat.

Latvia Begins Removal of Soviet WWII Monument

Robert Semonsen August 24, 2022

The removal of the monument has inevitably angered a portion of the country’s ethnic Russian minority, which comprises more than a quarter (25.6%) of country’s 1.9 million inhabitants.

Estonia and Latvia Pull Out of ‘China Club’

Tristan Vanheuckelom August 15, 2022

Arguing for its replacement, Lithuania’s minister of foreign affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis tweeted that “China’s 17+1 format was already redundant and divisive long before Lithuania quit.”

From Ukraine: “Terrorist State” Russia, HIMARS Hit Russia, First Grain Shipments Leave Odessa

Bridget Ryder August 2, 2022

Rinkēvičs told Politico that the European Union needed to intensify its efforts to isolate Russia. Russian “society needs to feel it,” he argued, since most Russians support Russia’s invasion of its neighbour.

Latvia Persists against Russia, Calls out Germany

Bridget Ryder February 4, 2022

According to Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks those countries further to the west have the luxury of focusing on “gas, exports, and cooperation” with Russia, but for Latvia and other countries of eastern Europe, relations with Russia are “existential.”

Tag: Latvia

“Ukraine must not fall”: An Interview with Edvards Ratnieks, Vice-Mayor of Riga

Latvian Election: Party of Staunch Putin Critic Wins

Latvia Begins Removal of Soviet WWII Monument

Estonia and Latvia Pull Out of ‘China Club’

From Ukraine: “Terrorist State” Russia, HIMARS Hit Russia, First Grain Shipments Leave Odessa

Latvia Persists against Russia, Calls out Germany

NATO Not Legally Obligated to Assist Ukraine, says Chief

Latvian Military Is Training At Belarus Border

Latvia Allows Businesses to Fire Unvaccinated Workers

European Court Urges Poland, Latvia to Help Migrants

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