Latvia's Armed Forces on Dec. 17 announced snap military exercises across the country "to test and improve procedures and units' combat readiness." While the Latvian Defense Ministry said that the ...
Latvia claimed earlier that Russia escalated its air and naval activity in the territory bordering the Baltic country. Riga said that Russian military aircraft and ships approached Latvia’s ...
The Latvian Defense Ministry said Russian military aircraft and vessels approached the republic’s borders in 2015 more than 270 times, in 2014 - more than 250 times RIGA, July 24. /TASS/.
The bulk of next year's Latvian defense budget, or 42 percent, will be used for the development of military capabilities. About 26 percent of the budget will cover personnel expenditure and about 26 ...
The first large-scale NATO military exercise in Latvia wrapped up Thursday after a two-week multinational training mission in the regions of Vidzeme and Zemgale. At the military base near the capital ...
Born and raised in Latvia, he has spent more than half his life in his country's military. His mother is also a Russian-speaker from Latvia, and his father is from eastern Ukraine. If Maj Deryugin ...