Latvia
More than 400 protesters blocked two bridges last week to oppose the closing of the only hospital in Bauska, a rural city (population 50,000) about an hour away from the capital Riga.
"Bauska's...
Until recently, Latvia has not seen any anti-government protests and riots since the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. After entering the E.U. in 2004, Latvia posted Europe's highest growth figures,...
Kristina Rizga, for the Pulitzer Center (Photos by Akim Aginsky)
Kristina Rizga, for the Pulitzer Center (Photos by Akim Aginsky)
Kristina Rizga, for the Pulitzer Center (Images by Akim Aginsky, for the Pulitzer Center)
Kristina Rizga, for the Pulitzer CenterImages by Akim Aginsky
For more than a decade the ex-Soviet republic of Latvia was a poster child of seamless transition to a prosperous post-Communist world.