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The Baltics’ beet soup season begins with a beef between Latvia and Lithuania
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Latvia warns hikers to be wary of bedraggled tourists
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DW
Migrant abuse alleged at Latvian border
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Migrant abuse alleged at Latvian border
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International filmmakers shine in Hollywood at the 2025 Academy Awards
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US sides with Russia on Ukraine in historic UN vote
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Arts, Culture & Media
Latvian animated film, ‘Flow,’ nominated for Oscars
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Latvian film ‘Flow’ nominated for Oscars
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Baltic nations sever energy ties with Russia
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Conflict & Justice
Latvian farmers launch sunflower campaign to support Ukraine’s youth
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Latvian sunflower campaign fro Ukraine
3:44
Baltics and NATO allies learn from war in Ukraine
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Latvians celebrate the summer solstice
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Summer solstice in Latvia
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Arts, Culture & Media
‘This is the biggest thing that all Latvians wait for’: Summer solstice festivities begin in Latvia
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Latvian NBA fans rooting for Porzingis
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Sports
Latvian basketball fans are rooting for ‘unicorn’ Porziņģis in the NBA finals
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Food
Baltic ‘beet down’: Latvia and Lithuania clash over cold pink soup
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The Baltics’ beet soup season begins with a beef between Latvia and Lithuania
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A US Abrams Tank is part of NATO military excercises at the Ādaži military base, outside of Riga, Latvia.
Military
‘We have to prepare’: NATO conducts biggest military exercises since Cold War
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John Malkovich directs epic play ‘Leopoldstadt’ in Latvia
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a welcoming ceremony in Presidential Courtyard, Vilnius, Lithuania, Jan. 10, 2024.
Ukraine
Zelenskiy visits Baltic states to rally support for Ukraine
The border between Belarus and Latvia is about 100 miles long and is partially separated by a fence monitored by border officers.
Migration
A migrant crisis at the Latvia-Belarus border
Photo of s street crossing with barriers
Ukraine
Ukrainians at the Russia-Latvia border
Ukrainian families spend 10 days with the Children's Hospital program in Riga, Latvia.
Ukraine
‘I’m feeling free’: Families from Ukraine find respite from war in Latvia
In eastern Latvia, the closer you get to the Russian border, the more monuments to fallen Soviet soldiers you’ll find.
Ukraine
As war rages on in Ukraine, some ethnic Russians in Latvia say they feel marginalized
Cars line up to cross from Latvia into Russia
Borders
Desperate Ukrainians crossing into Latvia while Russians are blocked
Traditional firewood and pressed sawdust bricks used to be a cheap way to heat your home in Latvia. But with inflation and soaring demand, wood heat has tripled in cost so far this year — and winter hasn't yet begun.
Energy
Latvians brace for harsh winter under new austerity measures to lessen dependency on Russian energy
A woman walks past painted letter Z's, which has become a symbol of the Russian military, on bridge piers in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, April 15, 2022. 
Ukraine
No Z allowed: Some European countries move to ban the symbol used to promote Russia’s war in Ukraine
Russian state-owned television station RT logo is seen through a window with caution tape in front of a building
Media
Baltic ban on Kremlin-tied RT step toward dismantling ‘machinery of disinformation,’ says media expert
A person on an orange bicycle rides past a billboard of people with masks
COVID-19
Baltic ‘bubble’ looks to reopen regional travel
A close up of hands holding a bourbon bottle and a bottle of hand and surface sanitizer
COVID-19
Iconic distilleries turn to hand sanitizer production around the world
People look at a visualization on a wall
Elections
Don’t let your vote get stolen — 5 essential reads about disinformation in 2020
A film still of a man sitting at a dressing room mirror with lights
In ‘The Humorist,’ Soviet comedy is no joke
A row of multi-colored woolen skirts
Community
For these Latvian Americans, summer is for learning about their roots
A Russian soldier stands in the foreground of citizens celebrating, waving flags
Autocracies that look like democracies are a threat across the globe
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, delivers a speech as 4 men and one woman sit in chairs on the stage
Countering Russian disinformation the Baltic nations’ way
Kalman Aron began sketching when he was 3 years old. He's now 93, and says if he didn't still paint and draw every day he would "die of boredom."
Arts
For over 90 years, this Holocaust survivor’s art has kept him alive
NATO eFP battle group soldiers wait for NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visit the Tapa military base in Estonia.
Conflict
Russian hackers may have a new target — NATO soldiers’ smartphones
Lithuanian soldiers during military exercises in Rapina, Estonia.
Conflict
Unease in the Baltics as US allies watch Trump praise Putin
U.S. troops participate in Latvia's Independence Day military parade in Riga, Latvia, November 18, 2015.
Global Politics
Baltic states like Latvia are wary of where Trump’s overtures to Russia could lead
A Polish Air Force MIG-29 fighter and Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighters participate during a NATO air policing mission patrol over the Baltics on February 10, 2015.
Conflict
The West was stunned by Putin’s military moves. Here’s why NATO says it won’t happen again
Arts
‘My life in a nutshell is thoughts about sex every 9 seconds and being depressed every 12 seconds’
Vladimir Linderman is the former publisher of a Soviet Era pornographic and satire magazine that pushed for LBGT rights. He's now in Latvia trying to curb them.
Global Politics
Six reasons to read BuzzFeed’s story about the man who says he led a sexual revolution in the USSR
A US Air Force F-15 fighter moves onto the ramp to take part in a patrol during a joint NATO military exercise in Lithuania earlier this year.
Global Scan
Could NATO successfully counter Russian aggression? The US is worried
What to do about Russia? President Barack Obama at the opening session of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, March 24th 2014. The US is using the international summit to coordinate responses to Russia's annexation of Crimea and to consider what mi
Conflict & Justice
When it comes to Russia, the West has few options and little leverage — for now
Business, Economics and Jobs
Little Enthusiasm for Latvia’s Euro Effort
Global Hit
Latvian Mezzo Soprano ElÄ«na Garanča Returns to Met in ‘La Clemenza di Tito’
Business, Economics and Jobs
How Flat Taxes Worked Abroad
Latvia’s Love Canal
Conflict & Justice
European workers protest austerity measures
Arts, Culture & Media
Latvian Nazi unit commemorated
Global Politics
Geo answer
Conflict & Justice
Geo Quiz
Business, Economics and Jobs
Eastern European economic ills
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
Couchsurfing around the world
New report ranks environmental efforts
Alex Kurzem’s storyThe Mascot