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 Belarusian customs is ready to increase the load on checkpoints with Poland and Latvia after Lithuania announced the ...

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 ...

Since January 1st, 2025, 196,885 foreign citizens from 38 countries included in the visa-free list visited Belarus, most coming from ...

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.

Latvia says it has prevented more than 1,000 people from illegally entering the Baltic country since a state of emergency was declared at its border with Belarus a month ago, amid accusations that ...

Lithuania has repeatedly taken unilateral decisions to close border checkpoints. As a result, nearly 5,000 Lithuanian tractors and trailers are currently stranded on Belarusian territory.

RIGA, Latvia – Russia is massing thousands of troops in its western neighbor Belarus before what could be the opening of a new front aimed at disrupting the flow of Western military aid from Poland, ...

Belarus on Friday opened a criminal case against Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics and Riga Mayor Martins Stakis after they replaced the Belarusian state flag with a historical Belarusian red ...

'Help, baby is so cold!' cries migrant in stranded group Pushback at Latvian border comes after emergency declared Responds to alleged Belarusian 'weaponisation' of migrants Latvia's PM condemns Minsk ...

A total of 1,228,592 European residents have visited Belarus since 15 April 2022. They included 394,668 visitors from Latvia, 655,021 people from Lithuania and 125,897 visitors from Poland. On 19 July ...