Latvia, a member of NATO and the European Union, has pushed for a strong global response to Russia's war in Ukraine. The country's 180-mile border with Russia has become tense as a result.

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.

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The Ministry of Defense of Latvia has deployed mobile combat groups of the Air Force equipped with anti-aircraft missiles on the border. This decision was taken after the incident with the fall of a ...

Latvia has now built 80% of a fence on its border with Russia – 222 of the 283 km that make up the total length of the border. Source: Renārs Griškevičs, chairman of the board of the state ...

The Food and Veterinary Service (PVS) of Latvia will conduct enhanced control of various Russian and Belarusian goods at border checkpoints, starting from 25 August.

and whether she still views illegal border crossings as a civil enforcement issue — or rather, a criminal one. "The Harris campaign finally has an ‘Issues’ page, but — on immigration ...

2022 - Russia invades Ukraine. Latvia declares state of emergency along its border with Belarus over sharp climb in illegal border-crossing attempts.

Latvia has now built 80% of a fence on its border with Russia – 222 of the 283 km that make up the total length of the border. Source: Renārs Griškevičs, chairman of the board of the state-owned ...