5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (271+ words) Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán has announced that in order to protect the country’s security and sovereignty, an order has been issued to expel ten Russian diplomats, writes Politico. The decision comes several months after the Russian investigative journalism publication…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (341+ words) Russia’s federal budget spending on the war in Ukraine reached a historic high between January and June 2026. The aggressor state spent 10.687 trillion rubles (106.28 billion euros) on military needs and weapons production, Dialog.ua reports. The figures were published by Janis…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (401+ words) The victory of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the state of Saxony-Anhalt marks both a setback for Chancellor Friedrich Merz and a warning to European leaders grappling with slow growth and a loss of trust in the major…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (296+ words) The Ministry of Transport has no information about Latvian ports refusing to accept domestic grain, the ministry told BNN. The government also decided that ports and state-owned Latvijas dzelzceļš must ensure priority access for the transportation of products from Latvian…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (165+ words) The pro-Russian terrorist group Global Citizens Against War 1984 (GCAW1984), which has previously claimed responsibility for acts of sabotage in Europe, has sent threatening letters to Latvia, Poland and Portugal, demanding that companies producing and supplying weapons to Ukraine cease their operations....

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (432+ words) The first bridge connecting Russia and North Korea has opened across the Tumen River, allowing for easier movement of goods and passengers between the two countries, but Ukraine has warned that it is being built as a corridor for military…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (485+ words) If cargo traffic towards the east were completely halted, total cargo turnover at the Port of Liepāja would fall by around 40%, representatives of the Liepāja Special Economic Zone (SEZ) said. Commenting on the proposal to ban the transit of agricultural…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (542+ words) “Are we going to shoot down every drone with fighter jets from now on? If that’s the case, then it’s over – we’re in serious trouble,” MEP Ivars Ijabs, deputy chairman of the board of the For Latvia’s Development party, said…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (519+ words) Germany’s far-right has scored its biggest regional victory since World War II, bringing the Alternative for Germany (AfD) closer to a realistic chance of winning power for the first time, Politico reports. The state elections are seen as a key…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (203+ words) A signature collection campaign has been launched on the public initiative platform ManaBalss.lv to reduce the number of members of the Saeima from 100 to 70. Among the benefits of reducing the number of MPs, potentially less fragmentation and easier coalition-building,…...