HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland has notified the United Nations it is leaving the Ottawa Convention that bans the use of ...

In an exclusive interview with RFE/RL Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze has warned that Russia's war effort in Ukraine ...

The senior official said Russia has been forced to rely increasingly on such amateurs since hundreds of Moscow’s spies were ...

Latvia prepares for its first U.N. Security Council term in 2026, focusing on achieving peace in Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Hamas conflicts while strengthening global security.

July 1, 2025, marks two years since the first conscripts began their 11-month service under Latvia’s renewed conscription system, known as the National ...

For a gateway into hell, the innocuous brown wooden front door of 61 Freedom Street in downtown Riga is surprisingly narrow – just two feet across. Known as the Corner House, the two-foot-wide ...

The Kremlin seeks to marginalize and delegitimize nations once colonized by the U.S.S.R., including Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Ukraine ...

Latvia has delivered a batch of Patria 6x6 armored personnel carriers to the Ukrainian Armed Forces as part of a new military ...

Do you think that this commitment to raise defense spending to 5% - including infrastructure spending - is serious, is real, ...

Latvia detains ex-MP in Russia probe Aleksejs Rosļikovs was detained following a recent “unethical” outburst in parliament. On June 5, parliamentarians voted to expel Aleksejs Rosļikovs from the ...

Latvia bans MPs from traveling to Russia, Belarus The Riga parliament overwhelmingly voted in favor of restricting travel for members of parliament and state officials, citing national security and ...