President Edgars Rinkevics and Prime Minister Evika Silina met to assess the situation at Latvia's eastern border. The meeting comes in light of Finland's decision to close its border with Russia.

Sweden was spurred to join NATO in response to the security threat posed by Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. It has sent its troops to Latvia, which borders Russia and its ally Belarus. As a ...

A security officers walk by a sign reading "Stop - state border" in three languages on the Latvia-Belarus border. Latvia plans to extend its enhanced security measures along the border to Belarus ...

Latvia borders Russia to the east and Russian ally Belarus to the south. The Swedish Armed Forces said troops and an unspecified number of vehicles from its 71st Battalion, part of its South Skåne ...

TASS/. The Latvian authorities have closed the Vientuli and Pededze checkpoints on the border with Russia, Latvian Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis told Radio Latvia. "The border checkpoints ...

a Belarusian border guard unit discovered a foreigner's body on the border with Latvia. The body was lying several meters from the fence, installed on the Latvian territory," the report said.

The Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have opened their borders to one another, creating a coronavirus "travel bubble". From midnight on Thursday, citizens and residents can move ...