In pictures: World powers mark 100 years since end of World War I

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November 12, 2018

While many Eastern and Nordic European nations mark 100 years since the establishment of their statehood, for Western Europe the year 2018 is the centenary since the end of the First World War.

BNN offers you an insight into commemorative events that have taken place on Armistice Day, November 11, in France and the UK.

In the gallery, you will see pictures from Paris, where the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and the U.S. convened for the Paris Peace Forum and from London, where the British royal family honoured Britons fallen in «the war that would end all wars».

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Latvian minister to request police investigation in public transport company

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Latvian prime minister urges sorting the system, not raising taxes

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