The Latest Breaking News from Latvia

Ukraine news from February 26: UN says internal displacement also growing as Ukraine forces battle all-round assault.

The presence of U.S. and other NATO troops in Latvia sends a message to Vladimir Putin that Russia should stay away, Latvian Defence Minister Artis Pabriks said on Friday as he greeted a small deployment of U.S. soldiers.

The websites of Ukraine's defense, foreign and interior ministries were unreachable or painfully slow to load Thursday morning after a punishing wave of distributed-denial-of-service attacks as Russia struck at its neighbor, explosions shaking the capital of Kyiv and other major cities. In addition to DDoS attacks on Wednesday, cybersecurity researchers…

“Is it your Russian immigrant status that makes you talk to people like this?” the candidate said to the Latvian-born police officer

The European Union must impose sanctions on Russia immediately after it recognised two Ukrainian breakaway regions as independent, the governments of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said after Russia's announcement.

The West needs to keep talking to Russia to make it more difficult for Moscow to launch an attack on Ukraine, Latvia said on Friday, as two days of increased shelling in eastern Ukraine sparked fears a Russian invasion could be imminent.

Juris Viktorovs (36), who was originally from Latvia, was found dead with a stab wound to the chest in the home he shared with girlfriend Brenda Kane in Ballyconnell, Co Wicklow, last Thursday evening

Latvian flag carrier airBaltic is setting up extra flights out of Kyiv this week to accommodate a passenger spike after European countries told their nationals to leave Ukraine or risk war.

Australian boxer Jai Opetaia has had his scheduled world cruiserweight title fight with Mairis Briedis delayed as the Latvian recovers from COVID-19.