Latvia will close one of its two border crossing points with Belarus due to the ongoing Minsk-engineered migrant crisis, the Latvian government announced on Sept. 19. Latvia has suspended the ...

The Latvian State Border Guard will ask the government to close the Silene border crossing with Belarus after a record number of people tried to illegally cross last week, the Latvian Radio reported ...

The ban on flights during evening and nighttime hours along the borders with Russia and Belarus has been extended for one ...

Latvia, along with neighboring Estonia and Lithuania, has emerged as one of the most vocal opponents of Russia in the wake of Putin’s unprovoked brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago.

The Latvian aviation authorities have decided to extend the temporary ban on evening and night flights of all types of ...

Our ultimate goal is to create the most modern border protection on the eastern border of the EU,” Interior Minister Rihards ...

Latvia has been beefing up its security measures along the Belarusian border since the arrival of the Wagner mercenary group fighters. Riga has also accused Minsk of helping migrants enter Latvia ...

HELSINKIHELSINKI — Latvia is growing worried over the increasing number of migrants attempting to cross over into the Baltic nation through the border with Belarus and has called up the military to ...

Latvian authorities bolstered security at the border with Belarus as the Baltic nation accused its eastern neighbor of organizing migrant crossings over the frontier. The Latvian State Border Guard ...

Latvia prevented 246 people from illegally crossing from neighboring Belarus on September 10 -- a 24-hour record, the Latvian Border Guard said on September 11. According to the Border Guard, 472 ...

The total length of the fence along the Russian border is about 280 kilometers (174 miles), according to Valsts Nekustamie ...

Latvia has completed construction of a 280-kilometer (174-mile) fence along its border with Russia, the Delfi news website ...