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Illustrative: A red T-shirt with the acronym and symbol of the former Soviet Union. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
September 7, 2018, 8:41 pm
Baltic states blast Walmart over Soviet-themed shirts
Lithiuanian envoy to US calls on retail giant to remove merchandise ‘with the symbols of mass murder’ from its online store
By LIUDAS DAPKUS
From left: Latvia's Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Estonia's Prime Minister Juri Ratas, hold a joint press conference following a meeting in Vilnus on August 24, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Petras Malukas)
August 24, 2018, 5:00 pm
Netanyahu: EU development aid for Iran a ‘poison pill for the people’
PM blasts Europe’s ‘distorted’ view of Israel, says EU’s $21 million financial aid package to Tehran to bolster flagging economy ‘a big mistake’
By Agencies and TOI staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with his Lithuanian counterpart Saulius Skvernelis in Vilnius, Lithuania, on August 23, 2018. (AFP/Petras Malukas)
August 24, 2018, 12:41 pm
After meeting Netanyahu, Lithuanian leader proposes closer EU ties
Saulius Skvernelis calls for cooperation on counter-terrorism, and more direct dialogue to ‘better understand’ Israeli positions
By Agencies and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with his Lithuanian counterpart Saulius Skvernelis in Vilnius, Lithuania, August 23, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
August 23, 2018, 4:40 pm
Netanyahu lands in Lithuania, grandma’s birthplace, in search of European allies
Ahead of meeting with Baltic leaders, PM says he hopes outreach to Eastern European states will help counter EU’s ‘not always friendly’ ties with Israel
By Vaidotas Beniusis
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė in Jerusalem on October 20, 2015. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
August 22, 2018, 7:54 pm
Netanyahu to meet Baltic leaders in first trip by Israeli PM to Lithuania
Premier’s visit to Vilnius seen as part of bid to cultivate Eastern European support for Israel in the EU
By AFP
In this file photo taken on June 2, 2018, protesters take part in a demonstration against reforming the minorities education in Latvia in Riga. (AFP Photo/Ilmars Znotins)
June 24, 2018, 8:59 am
Latvia school language reform irks Russian minority, backed by Jewish community
Riga’s chief rabbi throws support behind plan mandating minority schools to teach in Latvian, cites ‘disadvantaged’ Arab students in Israel who study in Arabic
By Imants Liepinsh and Anna Maria Jakubek
Latvian FM Edgars Rinkēvičs, right, with PM Netanyahu, in Jerusalem, June 2018 (Twitter)
June 11, 2018, 7:46 am
Latvian FM: Anti-Israel resolutions don’t advance peace
Visiting Jerusalem, Edgars Rinkēvičs hails Riga’s ‘balanced position’ on Mideast, criticizes Israel’s use of lethal force during Gaza riots
By Raphael Ahren
In this photo taken on April 10 2018, Latvia's Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis poses for a photograph, during an interview, in Riga. (AP Photo/David Keyton)
June 1, 2018, 3:18 pm
US says Latvia banks helped North Korea to skirt sanctions
Washington charges that one of the Baltic country’s largest banks built a business from illegal money transfers, including to Pyongyang’s missile program
By Carlo Piovano
A man dressed in a pre-WWII Latvian military uniform salutes as veterans of the Latvian Legion, a force that was commanded by the German Nazi Waffen SS during WWII, and their sympathizers walk to the Monument of Freedom in Riga, Latvia on March 16, 2016. (Ilmars Znotins/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)
April 19, 2018, 1:27 am
After Nazi SS veterans hold annual march in Latvia square, one woman fights back
Some of them skinheads wearing fascist symbols, the marchers spark bitter debate among Latvians. Until recently, though, nobody sought to speak out for the victims
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A view of the annual march on the Remembrance Day of the Latvian Legionnaires in Riga, Latvia, on March 16, 2018. (LTA Zinu dienests/Twitter via JTA)
March 16, 2018, 4:35 pm
In Latvia, hundreds march in honor of SS veterans
Man arrested for displaying a poster of soldiers killing Jews during world’s sole event for former Nazi fighters
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Veterans of the Latvian Legion, a force that was commanded by the German Nazi Waffen SS during WWII, and their sympathizers carry flowers as they walk to the Monument of Freedom in Riga, Latvia, March 16, 2016. (AFP/Ilmars Znotins)
February 7, 2018, 2:43 am
Poland isn’t the only country trying to police speech about the Holocaust
Several Eastern European nations have introduced legislation that limits discourse, though they have seen far less scrutiny than Warsaw
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: A pro Israel rally in Atlanta on July 25, 2014 (AP Photo/Ron Harris)
January 12, 2018, 5:54 pm
Israel said planning to close consulate in Atlanta, 6 other missions amid cuts
Embassies in Ireland, Belarus, Eritrea, Dominican Republic, consulate in Bengaluru, and embassy in either Latvia or Lithuania reportedly on chopping block
By TOI staff and JTA
Deputy Speaker of the Latvian parliament Alexander Kirshtejns in 2013. (Screen capture: YouTube)
January 5, 2018, 4:38 pm
Latvian lawmaker slammed for saying Russian is the language of Zionism
Nationalist deputy speaker of parliament accused of anti-Semitism as he lobbies for removal of Russian from schools, says it is the same as Hebrew and Yiddish
By JTA
The American Jewish Committee holding a panel on anti-Semitism that coincided with the beginning of the Republican convention, July 18, 2016. (Cleveland Jewish News)
March 27, 2017, 11:48 pm
Jewish advocacy group AJC opens regional office in Poland
New center will work to strengthen relations between European and Baltic countries as well as improve their ties to Israel
By AFP
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claps after vice presidential candidate Mike Pence delivers his speech on the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 20, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
July 23, 2016, 5:59 am
Trump upends decades of NATO doctrine with views on treaty
Republican presidential nominee says he would review allies’ financial contributions before acting if they were attacked
By Matthew Lee
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