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

Starting in 2026, Latvia will serve as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term. This ...

Latvian State Security Service warns Moscow is attempting to use people with criminal backgrounds to target critical infrastructure and military sites ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Latvia's parliament adopted a bill on June 19 that prohibits citizens of Russia and Belarus from purchasing real estate in the ...

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.

Following Russia’s unprovoked brutal full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine in 2022, the European Union has completely halted its visa facilitation agreement with Russia and implemented travel ...

RIGA, Latvia (AP) – Like a detective at a crime scene, chief language inspector Antons Kursitis scans the lobby of a hotel in downtown Riga. He spots a brochure that lists hotel services in Russian ...

EADaily, February 7th, 2026. The desire of Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silin and Estonian President Alar Karis to establish ...

Latvian intelligence service director said that lifting current sanctions "would allow Russia to develop its military capacities" more quickly.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Latvia’s foreign minister warns that Russian President Vladimir Putin will try to achieve in peace talks what he hasn’t been able to accomplish in his war against Ukraine — ...

Up until the late 19th century, a Latvian peasant who moved to the city, acquired higher education or became a successful entrepreneur would almost inevitably switch to the German language, and their ...