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The Latest Breaking News from Riga

Massive Obelisk At Soviet WWII Memorial Is Toppled Into Pond With A Splash

Zenger News obtained a statement from the Latvian State police on Thursday, August 25.

Zenger

Dundee United draw Riga or Gil Vicente in Europa Conference League playoff round

The Tannadice club first face a tough third round tie against AZ Alkmaar as their European campaign gets underway later this week.

Daily Record

Holidaymakers jetting off as summer season starts at Newcastle Airport

An estimated 900,000 people are expected to jet out of Newcastle Airport during the summer holidays to favourite spots such as the Balearic Islands and new destinations like Riga and Zadar

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Nemanja Bjelica, Boban Marjanovic to play upcoming FIBA World Cup qualifiers

Ahead of games against Latvia in Riga and Belgium in Nis, the Serbia Basketball Federation released a list of 20 players to be available for the fixtures of the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers, as selected by national team boss Svetislav ...

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Latvian minister resigns after commemoration of Soviet wartime victory

Latvia's interior minister resigned on Monday under pressure from the ruling coalition which criticized the police for failing to ban the country's Russian speakers from commemorating earlier this month the Soviet Union's victory in World War Two.

Reuters

The mystery of the mogul, the casino and the heist that rocked Mayfair

The Park Lane Club was supposed to fulfil Vasilijs Melniks’ fantasy. Instead it became his torment

Financial Times

Russia-Ukraine Central to Blinken Talks with Israel Minister

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday thanked Israel for its efforts to end Russia’s war with Ukraine as he and his Israeli counterpart met to discuss the conflict and ongoing nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna. Blinken said that any initiative to try to halt the conflict would…

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Blinken, Israel's Lapid discuss Ukraine-Russia diplomacy, Iran nuclear talks

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met in the Latvian capital of Riga on Monday to discuss Israel's diplomatic initiative to end Russia's war with Ukraine.

Reuters

Israel's foreign minister to meet Blinken in Latvia

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will hold talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday in Riga, Lapid's office said on Sunday.

Reuters

Latvian capital to rename Russian embassy address to Independent Ukraine street

The party coalition govenring Latvia's capital Riga agreed on Friday to change the name of the street where Russia's embassy is located to Independent Ukraine Street, a statement said.

Reuters

‘We need to impose sanctions on Belarus too,’ says Latvian FM Edgars Rinkevics

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs told FRANCE 24 in an interview from the Latvian capital Riga on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is seeking to install a puppet regime in Kyiv. But, Rinkevics said, he believes such a plan "will fail", as the Kremlin doesn’t have the military capacity…

France 24

Extra flights out of Ukraine fill up ahead of feared invasion

Latvian flag carrier airBaltic is setting up extra flights out of Kyiv this week to accommodate a passenger spike after European countries told their nationals to leave Ukraine or risk war.

Reuters

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