Bauska municipality dismantles Soviet-era monuments unrelated to burials

Published date06 May 2022
Publication titleLETA

RIGA, May 6 (LETA) - The southern Latvian municipality of Bauska has started dismantling monuments erected during the period of Soviet occupation and unrelated to burials, Aivars Okmanis, chairman of Bauska Regional Council, told LETA.

The local authority is not planning to remove memorials at war cemeteries but has started to dismantle Soviet-era monuments unrelated to burial places.

"The local authority agreed the plans with land owners and carried them out without unnecessary fuss. We ask land owners permission to...

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