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 ...

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.

Eurovision 2024 news: The duo Fame, composed by Jessica Andersson and Magnus Bäcklund, won the Swedish national final tonight after grabbing the highest amount of points ...

Sweden continued their impressive start to the World Floorball Championships today as they coasted past Scandinavian rivals Norway 8-2 at the Arena Riga in the Latvian capital.

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 ...

In the 17th century, Riga became the largest provincial town of Sweden. In the 19th century, it experienced rapid industrial development. It is in this period that the suburbs surrounding the medieval ...

Eurovision 2024 news: The duo Fame, composed by Jessica Andersson and Magnus Bäcklund, won the Swedish national final tonight after grabbing the highest amount of points ...

Sweden continued their impressive start to the World Floorball Championships today as they coasted past Scandinavian rivals Norway 8-2 at the Arena Riga in the Latvian capital.