Two Baltic-linked bunker tankers refueled Russian oil ships hundreds of times between June 2024 and March 2025, a joint investigation shows, revealing how private firms exploit sanctions loopholes to keep Moscow’s energy exports flowing.
This latest incident comes amid mounting warnings over Russian provocations in the region. The Hungarian fighters are stationed in Lithuania under NATO’s air policing mission.
Latvia's Ministry of Defense plans to use European Union funds to restore marshes and water bodies on degraded peat sites, positioning the wetlands as components of the Baltic Defense Line project.
The Baltic nation becomes the latest NATO member to fund American weapons deliveries to Ukraine through the alliance's Priority Ukraine Requirements List
Latvia banned property sales to Russian and Belarusian citizens after parliament declared such transactions constitute "hybrid warfare" instruments, passing the measure in its conclusive reading 19 June.
Latvia's State Security Service detained former parliamentarian Aleksejs Rosļikovs after he shouted "There are more of us, our language is Russian!" during a 5 June parliamentary session.