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 ...

Latvia has announced plans to enhance border protection measures along its frontier with Belarus. ... Latvia to bolster border with Belarus 09.08.2023 16:00 ...

Latvia, which shares a border of about 172km (106 miles) with Belarus – a close ally of Russia – accuses the neighbour and its ruler, President Alexander Lukashenko, of deliberately bringing ...

Latvia’s government agreed to close one of two border checkpoints used by cars with Belarus after a surge of attempts by migrants to enter the Baltic country.

Latvia, Poland and Lithuania, all NATO and EU members, have faced a mass immigration crisis since 2021 as thousands of Middle Eastern and West African migrants crossed into the countries via Belarus.

Latvian authorities bolstered security at the border with Belarus as the Baltic nation accused its eastern neighbor of organizing migrant crossings over the frontier.

A second Estonian policing unit departed for Latvia on Monday to assist the Latvian border guard in stopping the flow of migrants crossing into the European Union from Belarus. Migrants, mostly from ...