Tag: Latvia

Today, indirect presidential elections were held in Latvia on 31 May 2023 to elect the President of Latvia, who is the country's head of state. Four candidates were originally in the race: Uldis Pilens and Elina Pinto from the Indepednent Party. However, Pilens was endorsed by the United List and Latvia First, while into was endorsed...

Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks, told press at the NATO Summit in Madrid that his country and Canada have signed a bi-lateral agreement to increase Canadian troop levels from a battalion to a full brigade, as alluded to by General Secretary Stoltenberg’s announcement yesterday that the alliance will pursue...

Belarus has announced a "sudden check" of the response time and readiness of their military reaction forces, part of the larger Armed Forces of Belarus, reported the country's Ministry of Defense early Wednesday morning. Adding that the test of the reaction forces does "not pose a threat to neighboring...