"The Latvian parliament voted earlier this month [October] to give the followers of Dievturibe, a Lavian pagan faith that created an organized hierarchy in 1925 but [was] suppressed in Soviet [Union] times and one that 20 percent of Latvians sympathize with, the same status and legal rights as traditional religions like Christianity, Judaism and Islam."
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, "Latvian Government Gives Neo-Pagan Faith Same Status and Rights as Other Religions in That Country", Window on Eurasia (October 23, 2025)
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