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Juris Kaža

Twitter’s Latvian-speaking censors shield abusive right-wing trolls

I have been “permanently” banned from Twitter for one reason: those on the social media platform who oversee and censor tweets in the…

4 min readApr 8, 2023

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Twitter’s Latvian-speaking censors shield abusive right-wing trolls

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Juris Kaža

Latvia brings back military conscription

The Latvian parliament or Saeima on April 5 passed a law gradually reinstating military conscription in the Baltic republic 16 years after…

5 min readApr 6, 2023

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Latvia brings back military conscription

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Juris Kaža

Latvia cracks down on the exiled Russian TV Rain channel

A combination of insensitive gaffes on one side and skepticism and anger by the Latvian authorities at all things Russian after the…

6 min readDec 6, 2022

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Latvia cracks down on the exiled Russian TV Rain channel

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Juris Kaža

Baltics lagging on LGBT rights as Pride Month starts across Europe

Baltics lagging on LGBT rights as Pride Month starts across Europe

5 min readJun 5, 2022

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Baltics lagging on LGBT rights as Pride Month starts across Europe

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Juris Kaža

Ukraine war, Latvian politics bring attacks on Baltic media freedom

A defense minister doubts extra funding for public service TV after a controversial interview, a parliament enables a broadcast watchdog to…

4 min readApr 30, 2022

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Juris Kaža

No more Russia for the rest of the 21st century?

A civilized Europe must prepare for decades, if not a century ‘without Russia’. Not literally, as it would be if, with hugely devastating…

5 min readApr 13, 2022

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No more Russia for the rest of the 21st century?

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Juris Kaža

Lithuania to spend 4.6 % of GDP to fight inflation, boost energy independence

The government of Lithuania on April 1 proposed spending EUR 2.26 billion to reduce the impact of higher energy prices and resulting…

3 min readApr 3, 2022

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Lithuania to spend 4.6 % of GDP to fight inflation, boost energy independence

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Juris Kaža

Post-war Ukraine, nuclear and a Morgenthau Plan for Russia

Will there be a Ukraine when the war launched by Russia ends? Right now, it looks like Ukraine is surviving and Russia is taking an…

4 min readMar 10, 2022

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Post-war Ukraine, nuclear and a Morgenthau Plan for Russia

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Juris Kaža

Blinken: Russia's offer of peaceful coexistence “a mockery”

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said March 8 that Russia’s call for a return to “peaceful coexistence” with the United States is…

3 min readMar 9, 2022

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Blinken: Russia's offer of peaceful coexistence “a mockery”

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Juris Kaža

Baltic countries join in asking NATO Article 4 consultations as Ukraine is attacked

All three Baltic countries on February 24 asked NATO for Article 4 consultations following Russia’s early morning attack on Ukraine…

2 min readFeb 24, 2022

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Baltic countries join in asking NATO Article 4 consultations as Ukraine is attacked

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Juris Kaža

Juris Kaža

A freelance journalist based in Riga, Latvia who has covered the country and region for 20 years. Speak native Latvian and English, fluent Swedish and German.

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