The Latvian Song and Dance Festival (Latvian: Vispārējie latviešu Dziesmu un Deju svētki) is one of the largest amateur choral and dancing events in the world and an important event in Latvian culture and social life.

As one of the Baltic song festivals, it is also a part of the UNESCO Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity list since 2008.

The All-Latvian Song Festival has been held since 1873, normally every five years, with the Latvian Dance Festival component added in 1948. During the festivals exhibitions of photography, art and folk craft, orchestra concerts, and a festive parade also take place.

Events and competitions leading up to the event occur throughout the period between festivals. Additional festivals were held in 2001 and 2011, both on major anniversaries of the founding of Riga.

Approximately 40,000 performers altogether participate in the event. Folk songs and classical choir songs are sung, with emphasis on a cappella singing, though modern popular songs have recently been incorporated into the repertoire as well.

Since 1960, a distinct Latvian School Youth Song and Dance Festival (Latvian: Latvijas Skolu jaunatnes dziesmu un deju svētki) has been held in an alternate five-year cycle, on a matching scale.

Nije to stvar do nastupa stranke, već do strukture stanovništva. Baltima nakon komunizma nisu isprali mozak etnomazohizmom, jer je zapadu njihov nacionalizam odgovarao kao kontra Rusima.

Nama jesu, naši mediji jučer navode o "provokaciji" u Vukovaru, referirajući se na transparent torcide o koljačima koji slobodno šeću. Pola komentatora pljuje torcidu i zaziva pendrek.

HRvati su narod teško i sustavno ispranog mozga etnomazohizmom.

Ne desničare oni zbog muslinana, nego zbog Rusa.

EKRE, which was in office with Center and Isamaa until January this year, was second at 23 percent. EKRE is also second with non-ethnic Estonian voters, meaning in practice predominantly Russian-speaking voters, traditionally a demographic which would have voted Center more than any other party.

The Estonian Legion (Estonian: Eesti Leegion, German: Estnische Legion) was a military unit within the Combat Support Forces of the Waffen SS during World War II, mainly consisting of Estonian soldiers.

The 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) was a foreign infantry division of the Waffen-SS, an armed branch of the German Nazi Party that served alongside but was never formally part of the Wehrmacht during World War II. According to some sources, the division was under Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler's overall command but was not an integral part of the Schutzstaffel (SS).

It was officially activated on 24 January 1944, and many of its soldiers had been members of the Estonian Legion and/or the 3rd Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade, which had been fighting as part of German forces since August 1942 and October 1943 respectively. Both of the preceding formations drew their personnel from German-occupied Estonia. Shortly after its official activation, widespread conscription within Estonia was announced by the German occupying authorities. The division was formed in Estonia around a cadre comprising the 3rd Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade, and was initially known as the 20th Estonian SS Volunteer Division.

By January 1944 the German military situation in the Eastern front had worsened so far that a general conscription call was announced in Estonia on February 1, 1944. In the hopes of restoring the independence of Estonia the last prime minister of Republic of Estonia Jüri Uluots gave his support to the draft. As the result about 38,000 men were conscripted, the units of Estonian Legion, the Finnish Infantry Regiment 200 were returned to Estonia and were reformed into the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian).

The Latvian Legion (Latvian: Latviešu leģions) was a formation of the German Waffen-SS during World War II. Created in 1943, it consisted primarily of ethnic Latvian personnel.

The legion consisted of two divisions of the Waffen-SS: the 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian), and the 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian). The 15th Division was administratively subordinated to the VI SS Corps, but operationally it was in reserve or at the disposal of the XXXXIII Army Corps, 16th Army, Army Group North.

The 19th Division held out in the Courland Pocket until May 1945, the close of World War II, when it was among the last of Nazi Germany's forces to surrender.

87,550 men as of July 1, 1944; with another 23,000 men as Wehrmacht auxiliaries

Remembrance Day of the Latvian Legionnaires (Latvian: Leģionāru piemiņas diena), often known simply as Legionnaire Day (Leģionāru diena) or March 16 (16. marts) in Latvia, is a day when soldiers of the Latvian Legion, part of the Waffen-SS, are commemorated. From 1998 until 2000, it was officially recognized as a "Remembrance Day for Latvian soldiers" by the Saeima.

The day has been controversial as the Legion was formally a unit of Nazi Germany and the remembrance day has been seen by some as an attempt to glorify Nazism. Others point out that no one has ever been convicted of committing war crimes as a member of the Legion and hold that it was a purely military unit fighting against the Soviet Union that had occupied Latvia in 1940.

The occupation of Lithuania by Nazi Germany lasted from the German invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941 to the end of the Battle of Memel on January 28, 1945. At first the Germans were welcomed as liberators from the repressive Soviet regime which occupied Lithuania prior to the German arrival.

In hopes of re-establishing independence or regaining some autonomy, Lithuanians organized their Provisional Government. Soon the Lithuanian attitudes towards the Germans changed into passive resistance.

Lithuanians formed several units that actively assisted Germans:

Lithuanian Auxiliary Police Battalions – 30 battalions with 19,600 men
Lithuanian Construction Battalions – 5 battalions with 2,500 men
Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force – 19,000–30,000 men
Self-Defence units – 3,000 men
Homeland Protection Detachment – 6,000 men
10 of the Lithuanian police battalions, working with the Nazi Einsatzkommando, were involved in mass killings, they were thought to have executed 78,000 individuals.

The Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force or LTDF (Lithuanian: Lietuvos vietinė rinktinė, LVR, German: Litauische Sonderverbände)[a] was a short-lived, Lithuanian, volunteer armed force created and disbanded in 1944 during the German occupation of Lithuania. LTDF was subordinate to the authorities of Nazi Germany and.

Its goal was to fight the approaching Red Army, provide security and conduct Nazi security warfare within the territory, claimed by Lithuanians (see also Nazi German occupation of Lithuania, Generalbezirk Litauen of Reichskommissariat Ostland).

LTDF had some autonomy and was staffed by Lithuanian officers, their most notable commander being Lithuanian General Povilas Plechavičius. LTDF quickly reached the size of about 10,000 men.

After brief engagements against the Soviet and Polish partisans (Armia Krajowa), the force self-disbanded, its leaders were arrested and sent to concentration camps, and numerous of its members were executed by the Nazis.

Many others were either drafted into other Nazi auxiliary services or started forming an armed anti-Soviet resistance, also known as Forest Brothers. The Union of Soldiers of the Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force (Lietuvos vietinės rinktinės karių sąjunga), a veterans organization, was founded in 1997.

Medal Ceremony for the Estonian Task Force Group 1 of the Task Force Takuba by the French SAS of 1er RPIMa

Thanks Estonia! If only some other UE countries could send their top-tier-ultra-gucci-geared SOF units we keep seing on this subreddit (looking at you Germany) that could be helpfull too I guess...

Bio sam u jednoj, nevjerojatno je koliko su slični nama. Veliki utjecaj Nijemaca i Židova na Slavene pa komunizam.

Šveđani diskriminiraju liječnike: Ne žele da ih liječe imigranti

Populacija imigranata u Švedskoj u protekla dva desetljeća se udvostručila, pokazuju statistike, a paralelno raste podrška krajnje desnim Švedskim demokratima koji se protive imigraciji

Švedska zdravstvena reforma koja je prije više od desetljeća dopustila pacijentima da biraju svog liječnika neočekivano je dovela do raširene diskriminacije doktora s imenima koja zvuče strano.

„Kad sam radio u psihijatriji pacijent je tri puta otkazao svoj pregled kod mene jer nije htio ići kod 'stranog liječnika'“, rekao je 30-godišnji doktor Navid Ghan za agenciju France Presse.

„Na kraju nije imao izbora, bio sam jedini dostupni liječnik. Tijekom pregleda, čak i nakon što se uvjerio da pričam švedski bez stranog naglaska, rekao mi je kako 'mi stranci ništa ne razumijemo'“.

Ghan, čije je ime izmijenjeno za ovaj tekst kako bi mu se zaštitio identitet, uopće nije 'stranac': odrastao je i završio fakultet u Švedskoj, naglašava agencija France presse.

„Sad se šalim o tome s kolegama u kantini. Medicinske sestre dolaze i govore mi kako 'su opet otkazali pregled kod mene kad su mi vidjeli ime'“.

Baš čudno šta nakon godina silovanja i nereda, Šveđani NE ŽELE da ih DR Habibi pregleda.

https://www.24sata.hr/news/svedani-diskriminiraju-lijecnike-ne-zele-da-ih-lijece-imigranti-781093

"I also specified that the measure of intelligence and scholarship is not the number of degrees issued, but the ability to utilize knowledge and get by; to cope with any situation. It's what's known as learning ability," he said.

"An intelligent nation is capable of separating the wheat from the chaff; it understands the motivating power of facts, first and foremost. However, in our communication-saturated society, even the most fallacious claims can garner support and admiration. People form camps in the shadowy corners of social media, and their doubts expel reason from the mind almost effortlessly," Karis said. "Intelligence is rendered mute, and submissive silence can lead us into trouble."

"An intelligent nation does not let hope be lost. It does not toe the line. It observes and experiments, is confident and unafraid to make mistakes. An intelligent nation thinks in a limitless perspective and does not fear encountering the unknown, be it the pandemic or global climate crisis. An intelligent nation empathizes with their neighbor and has compassion," he said.

"I remain of the mindset that Estonia's success story has not reached everyone in the country. And I wish, somewhat idealistically, for none of our fellow citizens to feel abandoned or unwanted. No matter if the cause is mental health problems among youth, the tragic depths of which we sometimes realize only once it's too late, or price increases that we can see on our electric bills and only amplify financial hardship for many families," Karis noted.

"As president, I intend to be a balancer above all, and if necessary, a mediator. Hopefully, you already understand that coming from the field of science, I will continue to tune my thoughts and mind to a knowledge-based key. This is not only my freedom but my duty," he added.