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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 ...

USA Today Sports Media Group

British airlines borrowing EU planes to get around Brexit rules

Certain UK flights will be operated on aircraft leased from Spain, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania

The Independent UK

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‘Forever chemical’ response may push costs to water utilities

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Latvia wants more NATO troops, fed up of "paying for lunch for the others"

Latvia on Thursday made a last pitch for the deployment of more NATO troops in the Baltics, two weeks before NATO leaders are set to decide the future military line-up on the alliance's eastern flank in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

The Baltic states want more NATO. They won't get all they seek

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been calling for their region to receive the biggest build-up of combat-ready NATO forces in Europe since the end of the Cold War, to be agreed at a summit on June 28-30 in Madrid.

Reuters

Egypt, Latvia to Promote Cooperation in Countering Illegal Immigration

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi emphasized on Sunday his country’s keenness on enhancing cooperation and bilateral relations with Latvia, and on continuing coordination between the two countries on political topics of mutual interest primarily illegal immigration and terrorism. Sisi’s comments came during his meeting in Cairo with Latvia’s Foreign Minister Edgars…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Longtime Sun-Times library assistant Zigis “Ziggy” Ulmanis dies at 83

A refugee from Latvia, he had respect for reporters and editors.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Dining across the divide: ‘How can he come from Latvia and support Brexit?’

They both accept the EU’s failings, find common ground on Covid and the climate crisis, but can an accountant and actor strike up a friendship post-referendum?

The Guardian - UK

Exclusive: Four EU countries call for use of Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine

Lithuania, Slovakia, Latvia and Estonia will call on Tuesday for the confiscation of Russian assets frozen by the European Union to fund the rebuilding of Ukraine after Russia's invasion, a joint letter written by the four showed on Monday.

Reuters

Come to This Court and Cry by Linda Kinstler review – when Holocaust memories fade

What happens if Nazi butchers are ‘reassessed’ in the name of national pride?

The Guardian - UK

US Army Awards $309M Worth Contracts To Javelin JV

The U.S. Army recently awarded the Javelin JV two production contracts for Javelin missiles and associated equipment and services with a total value of $309 million. Javelin JV is a partnership of Raytheon Technologies Corp (NYSE:RTX) Raytheon Missiles & Defense, and Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE:LMT). The contracts include more than 1300 Javelin missiles funded from the…

Benzinga

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

Wildest Eurovision entries to appear on TV - Latvian pirates to Russian grannies

Eurovision has delivered plenty of wacky performances to our TVs since its first ever show in 1956, from a silver star-headed drag queen to a rocking demon

Daily Mirror

Canada to deploy a general and staff to Latvia for new NATO unit -PM Trudeau

Canada will deploy a general and six staff officers to a new NATO unit in Latvia that will help plan, coordinate and integrate regional military activities, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.

Reuters

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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

Daily Mirror

Eurovision 2022 plunged into fix row as fans claim 'corrupt' semi-finals were ‘rigged’

As the 2022 Eurovision song contest approaches this weekend, viewers are claiming that it's a 'fix' following Tuesday evening's semi-finals

Irish Mirror

Eurovision fans say Latvia was 'robbed' as TikTok hit fails to qualify for final

Latvia's entry Citi Zeni had been a fan favourite with their naughty tune Eat Your Salad taking TikTok by storm.

Wales Online

Eurovision 2022 fans go crazy for Latvia's 'mad' Eat Your Salad performance

Eat Your Salad was partly censored by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) due to swearing or unacceptable language

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Liverpool Echo

Women in poorest parts of Merseyside die younger than those in Colombia, Latvia and Hungary

It is "a somewhat disappointing showing for the world's fifth largest economy"

Reuters

Latvian and Estonian parliaments say Russia committed genocide in Ukraine

Lawmakers in Latvia and Estonia voted unanimously on Thursday to declare killings of civilians in areas of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces to be acts of genocide, according to statements posted on the two parliaments' bsites.

Reuters

Russia closes Baltic consulates, expels employees

Russia has ordered the closure of the Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian consulates and asked their employees to leave in a retaliatory move, Moscow's foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Reuters

EU preparing measures to prevent Russia from evading sanctions, Latvia says

The European Union is preparing new measures to prevent Russia from evading sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics told a news conference on Wednesday.

Newsroom.co.nz

A life through the lens of landscape, loss and Latvia

Andris Apse is one of NZ’s greatest photographers, yet his personal story reminds us that life itself can be as dramatic and challenging as the landscape that inspires him.

Irish Mirror

Stunning Irish model who was given three-month cancer 'death sentence' is alive and thriving 16 years on

"My tumour was located in my brain stem, which is an inoperable location, and it was already very big when diagnosed (the size of a chicken egg)."

Al Jazeera

Presidents of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland head to Ukraine

German president was scheduled to be part of the visit but said on Tuesday he was not welcome by Ukraine.

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