UN refugee chief urges countries to abandon border controls even if refugee crisis worsens
Addressing more than 100 diplomats and ministers at the UNHCR annual meeting in Geneva on Monday, the 14th of October, UN refugee agency…
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Pentagon: US to send missile system and troops to Israel
The US announced on Sunday, the 13th of October, that it will send an advanced US THAAD missile system and troops to Israel…
Week in Lithuania | lawyer shot dead, two police officers sustain injuries in Vilnius; first defence bond issue launched
Last week, 36 million euros for Giraitė ammo factory’s expansion allotted; nearly 8 % voted in early voting Lithuania turns away four irregular…
BNN ANALYSES | Lithuanian sets Baltic record with a whopping 80-million-euros Eurojackpot bonanza
Linas Jegelevičius Lithuania made Eurojackpot history last week when a single ticket holder from Kėdainiai, a town in central Lithuania, matched all the…
Latvian police uncover narcotics production site. Law enforcers confiscate “product” worth EUR 400 million
Last week, Latvian police managed to uncover the biggest narcotics production facility in the country’s history in Alūksne. Law enforcers managed to secure…
Latvian president sees no need for institutional rearrangements after Russian drone incident
President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs does not believe the State Border Guard should be entrusted to the Ministry of Defence. The president said…
Trump spoke to Putin several times since leaving office, Woodward book reports
Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin “maybe as many as seven times “since he left office…
Proposal submitted for tighter regulation of gambling in Latvia
Movement For, which is not represented in the 14th of Saeima, has submitted an invitation to a Saeima committee, suggesting amendments to the…
Osama bin Laden’s son expelled from France and banned from entering the country
Omar bin Laden, son of Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, has been expelled from France, where he lived for years painting landscapes in…
