![Ilya Rips. On April 13, 1968, State University of Latvia student Ilya Rips tried to commit suicide by setting fire to himself by the Freedom Monument in Riga as a protest against the occupation of Czechoslovakia.](http://globalpanel.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/ilya-rips-1024x845.jpg)
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, April 27 (UPI) –– Flames began to engulf the young man at the foot of Riga’s Freedom Monument. A brilliant 21-year-old…
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, April 27 (UPI) –– Flames began to engulf the young man at the foot of Riga’s Freedom Monument. A brilliant 21-year-old…
BUCHAREST, Romania, April 15 (UPI) — The honor guard stood in full regalia as King Michael and Queen Anne strode the staircase to their…