(MENAFN) Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has released newly declassified documents detailing mass atrocities committed by Latvian Waffen-SS units during World War II. The Latvian Legion ...

A brief historical overview: In the spring of 1943, Latvia’s 15th and 19th Waffen SS divisions engaged in battle against the Red Army on the Volkhov front near Leningrad. Latvian soldiers are ...

Sheila Fitzpatrick is a leading scholar of Soviet social history. Her new book, The Lost Souls: Soviet Displaced Persons and ...

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has released declassified documents detailing mass atrocities committed by Latvian members of Waffen-SS units during World War II. The Latvian Legion, a combat ...

Long ReadAs teenagers, Philippe Douroux, Alain Lejeune and Eric Frantz learned that their fathers had been among the 10,000 Frenchmen and 8,500 Walloons to enlist in the Waffen-SS. After decades ...

A Latvian version of the travel document features a unique design which can only be seen using a special tool. Although at first the passport pages appear to be normal, when viewed under a UV ...

Filmmaker SS Rajamouli's upcoming film, SSMB 29, has already generated huge buzz among fans. The filmmaker has wrapped up the shoot schedule featuring Priyanka Chopra and Mahesh Babu in Odisha's ...

Latvian public health officials have reported 12 recent E. coli infections with mostly children sick. The Center for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC) said it is conducting an epidemiological ...

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WARSAW, Poland — The governments of Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have announced their willingness to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Mines Convention, also known as the Ottawa Treaty ...

England continue their World Cup 2026 qualifying campaign at Wembley on Monday, welcoming Latvia in what is already a top of the table clash in Group K. Thomas Tuchel’s reign began with a ...