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Latvian, 71, caught with heroin haul
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/06/2025
» A 71-year-old Latvian man was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport after authorities found about three kilos of heroin concealed in his luggage during a transit stop en route to Malaysia, according to Pol Maj Gen Cherngron Rimphadee, commander of Immigration Division 2.
Why is Eastern Europe honouring suspect national figures?
News, Daina S Eglitis & Michelle Kelso, Published on 08/06/2019
» When is a hero not really a hero? When a country resurrects a tainted figure to serve the needs of a new national mythology. Consider the case of Latvian national hero Herberts Cukurs and his role in the Holocaust.
Peeving Putin: Making Latvian society less Russian
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 07/04/2018
» Lots of countries have two or more official languages: Canada (two), Belgium (three), Switzerland (four), South Africa (11), India (23) and so on. They all have trouble balancing the competing demands of the various language groups. But Latvia has only one official language, and it has a bigger problem than any of them.
Journalist murders are a major problem in the EU
News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 01/03/2018
» The time has come to ask whether membership in the European Union (EU) is still a quality assurance seal for democracy and the rule of law among member states. The bloc has clearly failed to enforce its stated values on its periphery. Any additional expansion can only dilute them further.