Tag: Latvia
Poland wants to accept German anti-aircraft defenses after all
A launcher of the Patriot weapon system The German air defense systems are now to be stationed in Poland. (Photo: dpa) Warsaw, Berlin, Kyiv Poland now wants to accept the…
Latvia withdraws broadcasting licenses from exiled Russian journalists
Logo of the TV channel Doschd After the start of the war against Ukraine, the Russian broadcaster shifted its business abroad. (Photo: imago/Russian Look) Riga Latvia revoked the broadcasting license…
Selensky celebrates defense against Russian missiles
Volodymyr Zelensky The Ukrainian President praised its own air defense. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv The latest wave of Russian attacks has again killed several people in Ukraine and cut off electricity…
Selensky celebrates defense against Russian missiles
Volodymyr Zelensky The Ukrainian President praised its own air defense. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv The latest wave of Russian attacks has again killed several people in Ukraine and cut off electricity…
Zelensky – Want to bring back all POWs
rocket fragments Police officers look at the collected fragments of rockets that hit Kharkiv. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv In view of the winter that has already set in, Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
Zelensky – Want to bring back all POWs
rocket fragments Police officers look at the collected fragments of rockets that hit Kharkiv. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv In view of the winter that has already set in, Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
Latvia: ruling party wins parliamentary elections
Krisjanis Karins After his party’s election victory, the Prime Minister also wants to lead the new government. (Photo: Reuters) Riga Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins’ liberal-conservative governing party Jauna Vienotiba won…
Latvia: ruling party wins parliamentary elections
Krisjanis Karins After his party’s election victory, the Prime Minister also wants to lead the new government. (Photo: Reuters) Riga Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins’ liberal-conservative governing party Jauna Vienotiba won…
Ruling party ahead in parliamentary elections in Latvia
Riga Overshadowed by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and concerns about rising energy costs, Latvia has elected a new parliament. According to forecasts, a victory for the governing party…
Russian IT experts are not wanted in Latvia
Telekom boss Höttges at the DigitalX in Cologne Höttges would rather hire IT specialists “made in Germany”. (Photo: Getty Images) Cologne, Riga Deutsche Telekom is fighting for the future of…
Military strategist on the future of the Russian military
Crater field at Isjum The field bears witness to the heavy fighting in the region. (Photo: dpa) Riga After the Ukrainian armed forces were able to recapture large areas from…
Military strategist on the future of the Russian military
Crater field at Isjum The field bears witness to the heavy fighting in the region. (Photo: dpa) Riga After the Ukrainian armed forces were able to recapture large areas from…
Military strategist on the future of the Russian military
Crater field at Isjum The field bears witness to the heavy fighting in the region. (Photo: dpa) Riga After the Ukrainian armed forces were able to recapture large areas from…
Military strategist on the future of the Russian military
Crater field at Isjum The field bears witness to the heavy fighting in the region. (Photo: dpa) Riga After the Ukrainian armed forces were able to recapture large areas from…
How Latvia is building holistic civil protection
military exercise Latvia regularly conducts maneuvers to check its defense capability. (Photo: Reuters) Riga The brochure, which was distributed to the Latvian population years ago, has 16 pages. It is…
The Chancellor visits NATO’s eastern flank
Riga Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised Lithuania additional military support to deter and defend against a possible Russian attack. “We have made it our goal to increase our contribution,” said…
Foreign Minister Baerbock pledges arms aid to Ukraine on Baltic trip
Foreign Minister Baerbock in Riga, Latvia Annalena Baerbock walks through the old town of Riga alongside Edgars Rinkevics, Foreign Minister of Latvia (l), Eva-Maria Liimets, Foreign Minister of Estonia, and…
Moody’s lowers growth forecast for 2022
Moody’s headquarters in New York The rating agency warns of the consequences of the Russian war of aggression for banks. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt The protracted war in Ukraine has increasingly…
Latvia: Defense Minister criticizes Berlin’s military policy
Protests in front of the Russian embassy in Riga A large poster with a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin stylized as a skull hangs on the facade of the…
“The first wave of attacks didn’t work”
Ukrainian soldiers Russia may not have expected such fierce resistance from the Ukrainians. (Photo: dpa) Madrid Shortly after Russia launched the attack against Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared that…