Vice Minister of National Defence has been hired as the NATO Assistant Secretary General for Executive Management. The position covers responsibilities for institutional NATO change…
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UK’s Labour shifts policy, now backs new Brexit referendum
Tuesday, July 9, 2019In a significant shift, Britain’s main opposition Labour Party said Tuesday that Britain’s next prime minister should hold a referendum on whether to leave the…
OSCE High Commissioner expresses support for Vejonis’ initiative to grant automatic Latvian citizenship to non-citizen children born in Latvia
Thursday, March 7, 2019On March 6, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics met with the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Lamberto Zannier, LETA learned from the Latvian Foreign…
Chinese exports accelerate even as Trump escalates trade war
By Elias Glenn, Ben Blanchard on Wednesday, August 8, 2018China’s exports surged more than expected in July despite U.S. duties and its closely watched surplus with the United States remained near record highs, as…
Russia threatens counter-measures if Finland and Sweden join NATO
Wednesday, July 25, 2018Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that Russia would react if Finland and Sweden joined Nato. In his speech at the Defence Ministry,…
State preparing for mass immigration
Wednesday, July 4, 2018The Ministry of Internal Affairs is working on draft legislation to allow state agencies to handle a situation where an extraordinary number of immigrants arrive…