RIGA - A total of 222 people attempted to illegally enter Latvia from Belarus over the weekend, LETA was told at the State Border Guard. So far this year, border guards have prevented attempts by ...

Since January 1st, 2025, 118,560 foreigners from 38 countries included in the visa-free list have visited Belarus, most coming from ...

A total of 1,150,296 European residents have visited Belarus since 15 April 2022. They included 365,189 visitors from Latvia, 632,829 people from Lithuania, and 116,884 visitors from Poland. On 19 ...

President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 271 on granting Belarusian citizenship to 245 people, sb.by ...

Latvia is "very committed" to further sanctions against Russia and Belarus. "It is very important to keep Russia out of financial resources" that provide funds for the ongoing war in Ukraine, the ...

Latvia plans to extend its enhanced security measures along the border to Belarus up to the middle of next year, the Interion Ministry announced in Riga on Wednesday. The move comes in response to ...

"The Polish checks have not caused any problems for travelers. There are no indications that the Polish checks on their territory have disturbed traffic in Lithuania to any extent," Giedrius Misutis, ...

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.

UEFA has changed the hosting plan for its 2026 European Championship for indoor soccer because Russia’s military ally Belarus qualified for the tournament.

In response to a request from BelTA, the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has commented on Latvia's plans to build a nuclear power plant in cooperation with Estonia and Lithuania.

Latvia is seeing a surge in migrants crossing the Belarus border By mid-June 2025, more migrants have been stopped from illegally crossed the Latvian-Belarus than in the whole of 2024.