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The Latvian SSR Supreme Council adopted the declaration On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia. 1991: January: The Barricades: Pro-Communist political forces attempted to restore Soviet power in Latvia. 6 September: The Soviet Union recognized Latvian independence. 17 September: Latvia became a member of the United Nations.
On December 5, 1941, the Latvian police in Liepāja arrested 103 Roma (24 men, 31 women, and 48 children). Of these people, the Latvian police turned over 100 to the custody of the German police chief Fritz Dietrich "for follow up" ("zu weiteren Veranlassung"), a Nazi euphemism for murder. [26] On December 5, 1941, all 100 were killed near ...
The Latvian War of Independence (Latvian: Latvijas Neatkarības karš), sometimes called Latvia's freedom battles (Latvijas brīvības cīņas) or the Latvian War of Liberation (Latvijas atbrīvošanas karš), was a series of military conflicts in Latvia between 5 December 1918, after the newly proclaimed Republic of Latvia was invaded by Soviet Russia, and the signing of the Latvian-Soviet ...
On December 2, 1917, it proclaimed Latvia's autonomy in Latvian-inhabited lands and declared itself the only representative organ of Latvians. The council announced three main goals – convening of a Constitutional Assembly, creation of political autonomy and uniting of all ethnic Latvian-inhabited lands.
8 June – 2024 European Parliament election. [5]17 June - Minister of Culture Agnese Logina resigns for personal reasons. [6]26 June – The leaders of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia call on the European Union to construct a €2.5 billion (US$2.67 billion) defence line between them and Russia and Belarus to secure the EU from military, economic, and migrant-related threats.
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The Rumbula massacre is a collective term for incidents on November 30 and December 8, 1941, in which about 25,000 Jews were murdered in or on the way to Rumbula forest near Riga, Latvia, during World War II.
The independence of Latvia was proclaimed on this day in 1918. If the day is on the weekend the next Monday is a holiday. 24 December: Christmas Eve: Ziemassvētku vakars: This is when gifts are traditionally exchanged, usually children must offer a poem or song to receive their gift. Families still use real candles on their trees. 25 December ...