On 14 June 2026 at 11.00, in Riga, in remembrance and honour of the victims of political repression during the communist genocide of 14 June 1941, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Latvian Association of the Politically Repressed Persons will hold a commemoration ceremony outside the “History Tactile” Memorial to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation at Latviešu strēlnieku laukums 1.The event will be attended by senior officials of state and government and members of the foreign diplomatic…
On 14 June 2026 at 11.00, in Riga, in remembrance and honour of the victims of political repression during the communist genocide of 14 June 1941, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Latvian Association of the Politically Repressed Persons will hold a commemoration ceremony outside the “History Tactile” Memorial to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation at Latviešu strēlnieku laukums 1.The event will be attended by senior officials of state and government and members of the foreign diplomatic corps accredited in Latvia.More than 15,400 people were forcibly displaced during the first mass deportation in Latvia on 14 June 1941. A part of the deportees was arrested on the spot and sent to detention facilities. The others, including 3,741…
