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The Baltic Times reports on the court hearing which dealt with the British citizen who was arrested for urinating close to the Freedom Monument while his friends took photographs. He was not present in court, having been allowed to leave the country, and was fined €64 for a charge of ‘petty hooliganism’. Unsuprisingly, he was […]

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As mentioned in one of the comments on this site, a peaceful demonstration has been organised at the Latvian embassy in Lisboa by the friends of some of the young men still imprisoned in Riga. It will begin today at 6pm local time. Although the comment mentions demonstrations in other cities, I have not received […]

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Dr Joachim Neumann reports that three of the seven tourists arrested for damaging the Latvian flag have now been released without charge.
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A few days ago, I reported on the arrest of seven Spanish and Portuguese tourists in Riga for damaging a Latvian flag while drunk. Since then, the post has received comments from a couple of friends of the arrested men. I decided to add a new post rather than just comment on the original one, […]

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According to a report in the Baltic Times, seven foreign tourists have been arrested in Riga for damaging Latvian flags:
The men were visibly drunk, and officers found more damaged Latvian flags on them, but the vandals had managed to throw some of the flags in the river. The young men have been taken to a […]

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