Latvia moves towards withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention – what will change?
Anti-personnel mines are an important capability enhancer, but they are neither a miracle weapon nor would their presence in our stockpiles signal the…
Foggy morning, warm day – the weather will become more pleasant in the coming days
Wednesday and Thursday will pass with variable cloudiness and no significant precipitation. A light to moderate west-southwest wind will blow, shifting to a…
Lithuania’s Sabutis calls for strengthening military mobility links and EU-NATO cooperation
During the informal meeting of EU transport ministers in Warsaw, Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications Eugenijus Sabutis emphasizes the need to strengthen…
Partial restrictions imposed on three border checkpoints with Russia and Belarus
On Tuesday, the government approved a proposal from the Ministry of the Interior (MoI) to restrict access at Latvia’s border checkpoints with Russia…
How many eggs can you send? US asks for help with egg shortage and to reduce soaring egg prices
The US has contacted Denmark and other European countries, including Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden, asking them to export eggs as Americans face…
Poland accused of brutal migrant treatment as crackdown at Belarus border intensifies
Migrants are routinely forced by Polish border guards to return to Belarus and reportedly beaten, stripped of their clothes and left in forests…
Latvia considering e-voting – CEC: “It as a political decision”
The possibility for residents to cast their votes online in municipal and parliamentary elections is ultimately a political decision, said Kristīne Saulīte, Chairperson…
Israel launches “extensive strikes” in Gaza, at least 330 reported dead
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said it was carrying out “extensive strikes” in the Gaza Strip against what it called “terrorist targets” belonging…
Baltic and Polish defence ministers propose withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention
The defence ministers of Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, and Poland have reached a regional agreement recommending their countries’ withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention, which…
