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Baltic nations cut ties to Russian power grid, prepare to link with EU
February 09, 2025 1:56 am
The three staunch supporters of Kyiv stopped purchases of power from Russia following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but have relied on the Russian grid to control frequencies and stabilise networks to avoid outages.
Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis and his dog win hearts with adorable reaction to Flow's historic Oscar nominations
January 24, 2025 10:17 am
The film has been nominated in two categories at the 97th Oscars - ‘Best International Feature Film’ and ‘Best Animated Feature Film’.
Indian student suspected drowned in Latvia
July 21, 2024 2:41 am
News portal LSM, part of the Public broadcasting of Latvia, quoted friends of Albin Shinto from Kerala, who went missing while swimming in the Jugla canal in Riga as saying that they feared the worst after he disappeared beneath the waves.
Croatia faces UEFA disciplinary charge for fans' fascist flag at Euro 2024 qualifying game
September 13, 2023 6:47 pm
The Croatian federation said fans raised a flag of the Ustase regime at the team's 5-0 win over Latvia on Friday in Rijeka
Latvia's foreign minister Edgars Rinkevics sworn in as EU's first openly gay President
July 10, 2023 1:34 pm
Edgars Rinkevics is the seventh president of Latvia since it regained its independence in 1991. Rinkevics, who announced "proudly" in 2014 on Twitter that he is gay, is one of Europe’s few LGBTQ+ heads of state.
Estonia becomes first central European country to allow same-sex marriage
June 20, 2023 4:19 pm
In the largely secular Baltic country of 1.3 million, 53% of the population supported same-sex marriage in a 2023 poll by the Centre for Human Rights. A decade ago the number was 34%.
Latvian tourist murder case: Kerala court sentences 2 men to life imprisonment
December 07, 2022 2:10 am
Convicts Umesh and Udayakumar, who were found guilty of the rape and murder of Liga Skromane, were also ordered to pay a fine of Rs 1.65 lakh each.
Latvian woman found dead in Kerala was strangled: cops
April 29, 2018 3:07 am
A few persons have been taken into custody, the forensic report was yet to be received, police said.
NATO exercises in eastern Europe send signal to Russia
September 07, 2014 11:19 am
A total of 2,000 troops from nine countries - including the US, Canada and Italy - are taking in the exercises.
The looming shadow over Baltics
March 25, 2014 5:19 am
Unease in former Soviet republics of Latvia, Estonia over their Russian enclaves, and Putin’s plans.
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