Latvia News News Latvia » Politics: Latvian PM resigns amid drone incursion clash
May 14 (UPI) --Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina resigned Wednesday after a political battle stemming from Ukrainian drones breaching Latvia's airspace. Silina fired Defense Minister Andris Spruds ...
News Latvia » Politics: Late warnings and a minister’s fall: Latvia’s air-defence failures revealed
Riga is scrambling to restore public trust and secure its fragile airspace. On Thursday last week, several drones entered Latvian airspace over the picturesque towns of Balvi and Ludza, near the ...
News Latvia » Politics: Overview: Latvia’s Recent Confidence Vote
Welcome to the political theater of the Baltics, where coalition governments dance on a razor’s edge. Imagine a 100-member parliament where the prime minister’s power resembles a suggestion box more ...
News Latvia » Politics: “Empire Strikes Back!” Oligarchs and Values Fatigue in Latvia’s Rejection of the Istanbul Convention
Europe’s political classes were backfooted by Latvia’s Parliament (Saeima) vote to pull out of the Istanbul Convention (IC), the treaty protecting women from violence. They then reset and punted on ...
News Latvia » Politics: Technical or political issue? Latvia starts Belarus’ border shutdown, then backtracks
A wise man learns from the mistakes of others, while a fool fails to learn even from his own. In 2025, the Poles nearly lost Chinese transit by blocking the border with Belarus. Then, the Lithuanians ...
News Latvia » Politics: Latvia’s Domestic To-Do List Could Hobble Its EU and NATO Ambitions
Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina speaks at a press conference, in Warsaw, Poland, Feb. 29, 2024 (Sipa photo by Attila Husejnow via AP Images). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click ...
News Latvia » Politics: Belarus’ MFA on Latvia’s border closure: Riga puts political points ahead of people
MINSK, 3 August (BelTA) – In its pursuit of scoring political points, Riga has once again forgotten about ordinary people, the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in statement in response to ...
News Latvia » Politics: Latvia Questions Party Leader for Russian Comments in Parliament
Latvian authorities detained and questioned the leader of a political party catering to the country’s Russian-speaking minority for allegedly inciting hatred in parliament earlier this month. Aleksejs ...