Latvia defines itself on its own terms, apart from its history of being subjugated by Imperial Poland, Sweden, Lithuania, Germany, and Russia. Latvian is now the language taught in schools, Latvia ...

A Baltic Tour for History Buffs Over five days, I traveled with a small group of military heritage enthusiasts, visiting dozens of these sites across Latvia and Lithuania, walking in the footsteps of ...

LINCOLN — Through archival film footage and still photographs, “In Search of Freedom: Nebraskans from Latvia” marks the 100th anniversary of Latvia’s Declaration of Independence and traces the history ...

Latvia offers travellers a number of options for exploring castles and manors from different historic periods. Some of them can be visited as tourist attractions, while others offer overnight stays, ...

The impressive animated memoir “My Favorite War” revisits writer-director Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen’s childhood in Soviet Latvia in the 1970s and ’80s. The result of a nine-year labor of love from a ...