SHARE        Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Latvia developed new tasks for NATO soldiers Member of the Latvian Saemas' national association "Everything for Latvia!" and Freedom"/LNNK Jānis Dombrava stated the need to attract NATO troops to resolve the migration crisis. This is reported by la.lv. In his opinion, illegal migration from the Middle East to Europe may acquire the feature of an invasion. He believes that under the guise of refugees, foreign military and intelligence officers can enter the country.

SHARE        Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Latvian politics risks causing considerable damage to economy According to bnn-news.com , behaviour of Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkēvičs risks causing a wave of bankruptcies in Latvia. Thus, after basking in the VIP area together with people of questionable reputation during the opening game of the World Ice Hockey Championship in Riga, Edgars Rinkēvičs demonstrated an act of true diplomatic short-sightedness

(1 comments) SHARE        Monday, April 26, 2021
Latvia: no railway, no NATO According to Latvian Foreign Ministry, the arrival of the multinational Allied battlegroup in Latvia in June 2017 concluded the deployment of forces under NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence in the Baltic States and Poland

SHARE        Saturday, March 27, 2021
Latvian government turned population into prisoners Baltic States' authorities decided not to "reinvent the wheel" and just found "hot" topics to divert attention from situation at home. They continue to discuss neighbour countries' problems deflecting popular attention away from problems with COVID-19 vaccination delay, poorly performing economy and growing unpopularity.

(1 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, January 5, 2021
NATO invented new threat in the Baltic States It seems as if NATO has changed its priorities in the Baltic States. It is well known that NATO member states agreed at the 2016 Summit in Warsaw to enhance NATO's military presence in the eastern part of the Alliance.

SHARE        Friday, December 4, 2020
Latvia becomes a victim of the East-West confrontation The foreign policy of Latvia has been providing a surprising case of balancing policy between economic wisdom and political situation for some decades. Being the EU and NATO member state, Latvia managed to fulfill its commitments and at the same time Riga maintained fruitful relationship in the economic sphere with neighbouring countries - Russia and Belarus.

(1 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Iceland in Latvia "Strengthens" NATO? In November NATO's enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia was strengthened by Iceland. This information was disseminated across Europe. But what is behind this fact?

SHARE        Wednesday, November 11, 2020
The U.S. election hits the Baltic States Political upheavals in 2020 in major countries stir people all around the world. It turned out, that presidential elections in a single country, which are a purely internal affair of the state, have a global impact on the foreign policy of many states. Thus, the world froze in anticipation of the results of the US elections. The Baltic States, in particular, want to know if the new president continues support

SHARE        Monday, October 12, 2020
Latvian ministry of defence shifted its responsibility to the society In October, the Pilskalns 2020 exercise has been held in four Latvian cities: Madona, Sigulda, Alūksne and Smiltene. The event is organized by the Ministry of Defence and the Vidzeme 2nd Brigade of National Guard in cooperation with the local authorities in order to train local civil protection commissions.

SHARE        Monday, August 31, 2020
Aged men to serve in Latvia Difficult political situation in Europe and unrest in neighbouring Belarus forced Latvian authorities to make strange decisions. Though NATO is thankful to the Baltic States for increasing its defence expenditures, the readiness of their armed forces are disputable and the future of their abilities arise questions.

SHARE        Thursday, August 27, 2020
Political unrest as a push to militarization of Europe Everybody knows that militarization is not only a political process, but also a financial one. Militarization, is the process by which a society organizes itself for military conflict and violence. As soon as there are indicators of military threat, the government starts a process. Related activities in case of real threat could prepare a state to repel a military attack, but only if it actually occurs.

SHARE        Thursday, August 20, 2020
Unstable Belarus could divide European Union The members of the European Council held a video conference on 19 August. They discussed the situation which unfolded in the aftermath of the presidential elections in Belarus on 9 August.

(1 comments) SHARE        Friday, July 17, 2020
Latvians are not ready to see armed soldiers in Riga Now it is clear that the Baltic States have become home for foreign troops. NATO soldiers train and live along with the soldiers of national armed forces. Four multinational battlegroups in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, led by the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and the United States respectively demonstrate their military capabilities.

(1 comments) SHARE        Monday, July 13, 2020
Balts believe that they are under occupation Research fellows from GLOBSEC published at the end of June their report «Voices of Central and Eastern Europe» which presents perceptions of democracy and governance in 10 EU countries, including the Baltic States.

(1 comments) SHARE        Saturday, April 4, 2020
Measures taken by the Baltic States are insufficient The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of NATO met on April, 2 in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic. Though they expressed the deepest sympathies with all the victims of the Coronavirus disease, NATO continues to do its part.

SHARE        Wednesday, February 5, 2020
The Baltic States are Target Number One From 1 January 2020 security of the Baltic airspace is ensured by three Command and Reporting Centers designed for specific national airspace surveillance, based in Tallinn, Lielvarde, and Karmėlava, instead of one joint unit.

SHARE        Thursday, January 9, 2020
Estonian sauna, prostitutes and aggressiveness Unfortunately, aggressiveness is the hallmark of our time. People face aggressiveness more and more often. Sometimes the aggressiveness ends without consequences, sometimes innocent people suffer. This is especially dangerous when attack those people who must defend.

SHARE        Wednesday, December 18, 2019
The People's Voice Has Not Been Heard in Latvia Again! A significant event for Latvian democracy took place last week. This event reflects very clearly the state of affairs in the country where political interests are above common sense and the welfare of citizens.

SHARE        Wednesday, December 4, 2019
"Armed to the teeth" Latvia Latvia has fallen into the trap. It all started with a sincere desire to increase the military capabilities of the state.

SHARE        Monday, November 18, 2019
Is this the end of NATO-era? Money is a very powerful tool, which can easily ruin relations. Different views on money spending can ruin even good relations between countries in such huge and powerful organization as NATO.