Latvia reintroduced compulsory military service for adult males on January 1 last year, having abolished it in 2006. The Baltic country shares a 180-mile border with Russia to its east and is ...

A pause in the Ukraine war will allow Russia to rebuild its forces in preparation for an attack on NATO and European nations within five years, Latvia’s security service warned Monday.

Rinkēvičs, Latvia’s former foreign minister until he was elected president in 2023, has long sounded the alarm about Russian aggression, well before Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the ...

Latvia Foreign Minister Baiba Braze addresses the UN Security Council, at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ...

Latvia’s parliament on Thursday took a step toward banning travel agencies from providing tourism services in Russia and Belarus, with the aim of reducing the risks of possible human rights violations ...

The Latvian president has urged European countries to "absolutely" introduce conscription, as he conceded the continent was "quite weak" militarily. Edgars Rinkevics told Sky's Sunday Morning ...