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Eastern EU States Demand Brussels Funding as Russia Tests the Border

Nick Hallett December 16, 2025

Frontline leaders meeting in Helsinki say airspace violations and drone incursions expose gaps in Europe’s defence and can no longer be left to national budgets.

Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa (C) at the Leaders' Retreat of the European People's Party on January 17, 2025

Latvian Parliament Postpones Final Vote on Withdrawing from Istanbul Convention

TEC News / AFP November 5, 2025

Prime Minister Evika Siliņa called the move “a victory for democracy, the rule of law, and women’s rights”.

Latvia Votes To Leave Istanbul Convention Over Gender Theory

Lukács Fux October 31, 2025

Existing national laws are sufficient and the convention “does not protect women; it protects ideology,” MP Svetlana Čulkova said.

Latvia Investigates Drone Fragment

TEC News September 19, 2025

Baltic state PM asks Poland to help assess weapons debris—NATO condemns airspace violations and pledges support.

Latvian Citizen Detained After Allegedly Spying for Russia

TEC News / AFP September 17, 2025

A Latvian man was arrested, suspected of Russian espionage, allegedly revealing NATO troop locations and other sensitive information to Moscow.

NATO troops take part in a massive amphibious landing during the Exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) in 2018

EU Relaxes Budget Rules To Let 15 Nations Boost Defense Spending

TEC News July 8, 2025

Facing pressure to meet NATO commitments, a group of EU countries will now be allowed to take on extra debt to fund military upgrades.

Latvia Moves Deeper Into the Arms Business

TEC News April 28, 2025

A new ammunition factory will supply Latvia’s national armed forces but also eyes the export market.

Latvia To Withdraw From Anti-Landmine Treaty Amid Russian Threat

TEC News April 16, 2025

The move comes as nearby countries rethink old defence rules.

Estonian memorial to the forcefully deported to Soviet Union 1949

Open Wounds in the Baltic

Álvaro Peñas April 14, 2025

Can history’s wounds be healed? Yes, with genuine recognition of past facts, proven sincere over time, by all parties.

“The centre of EU decision-making has become more right-wing”: An Interview with Roberts Zīle

Álvaro Peñas September 26, 2024

“Right-wing parties are divided on some issues and agree on others. This will be reflected in Parliament.”

Tag: Latvia

Eastern EU States Demand Brussels Funding as Russia Tests the Border

Latvian Parliament Postpones Final Vote on Withdrawing from Istanbul Convention

Latvia Votes To Leave Istanbul Convention Over Gender Theory

Latvia Investigates Drone Fragment

Latvian Citizen Detained After Allegedly Spying for Russia

EU Relaxes Budget Rules To Let 15 Nations Boost Defense Spending

Latvia Moves Deeper Into the Arms Business

Latvia To Withdraw From Anti-Landmine Treaty Amid Russian Threat

Open Wounds in the Baltic

“The centre of EU decision-making has become more right-wing”: An Interview with Roberts Zīle

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