RIGA, Latvia, May 17 (UPI) -- Canada and Sweden Wednesday advanced to the semifinals of the 2006 World Ice Hockey Championships at Riga, Latvia. In the quarters, Canada beat Slovakia, 4-1, while ...

Hundreds of Swedish troops arrived in Latvia on Saturday to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade along NATO's eastern flank, a mission Sweden is calling its most significant operation so far ...

About 15,000 Jews were killed in the first wholesale massacre in Riga, in the courtyard of the Qudrat Rubber Co. factory outside the city, on November 27, 1941.

The Estonian men's national basketball team get their preparations for the 2025 European Championship (EuroBasket) finals ...

The Swedish Armed Forces said that Sweden and Denmark would take turns leading a battalion as part of a brigade based outside Riga. Danish and Swedish troops will replace each other every six ...

Canada's defence minister lauded the integration of hundreds of Swedish troops into the Canadian-led multinational NATO brigade in Latvia, describing the event as a landmark. A ship carrying parts ...