Latvia will close one of its two border crossing points with Belarus due to the ongoing Minsk-engineered migrant crisis, the Latvian government announced on Sept. 19. Latvia has suspended the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Latvian State Border Guard will ask the government to close the Silene border crossing with Belarus after a record number of ...

Latvia, along with neighboring Estonia and Lithuania, has emerged as one of the most vocal opponents of Russia in the wake of Putin’s unprovoked brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago.

MINSK, 8 September (BelTA) – The Office of the Prosecutor General of Belarus has received Latvia's refusal to provide legal aid regarding the criminal case into genocide, BelTA learned from the press ...

Latvia introduced sweeping labor restrictions in the summer of 2025 that bar Russian and Belarusian citizens from employment ...

HELSINKIHELSINKI — Latvia is growing worried over the increasing number of migrants attempting to cross over into the Baltic nation through the border with Belarus and has called up the military to ...

Latvia has been beefing up its security measures along the Belarusian border since the arrival of the Wagner mercenary group fighters. Riga has also accused Minsk of helping migrants enter Latvia ...

Belarus's Investigative Committee said on November 3 it had launched a probe against unspecified Latvian officials on charges of "crimes against human safety" over the deaths of 12 migrants along the ...

IIHF President René Fasel has given the joint Belarus and Latvia bid for the 2021 IIHF World Championships a 60 per cent chance of winning ©Getty Images It was announced in January that Finland would ...

RIGA, Latvia – Russia is massing thousands of troops in its western neighbor Belarus before what could be the opening of a new front aimed at disrupting the flow of Western military aid from Poland, ...

Latvian authorities bolstered security at the border with Belarus as the Baltic nation accused its eastern neighbor of organizing migrant crossings over the frontier. The Latvian State Border Guard ...