Germany's incoming chancellor, Friedrich Merz, publicly honored Pope Francis on Monday, celebrating the pontiff's enduring dedication to society's marginalized groups. In a social media post on ...

Germany, Latvia, and Norway have entered into a joint agreement for the procurement of DM 22 guided anti-tank mines, in a move aimed at accelerating defense readiness and expanding multinational ...

Although some defence projects have long been exempt from state aid curbs, the relaxed regime would make it far easier for Friedrich Merz’s government to rapidly allocate public funds to a wide ...

Warsaw has announced plans to send additional troops to Latvia, reinforcing regional cooperation and collective defense efforts along NATO's eastern flank. Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defense ...

Poland will soon bolster its military deployment to Latvia to beef up the defense of frontline states in NATO’s east, said the country’s defense chief. In June Warsaw will boost the number of ...

Latvia is the first to exit formally, while Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, and Finland contemplate similar moves over security concerns. Latvia could begin restocking landmines in six months. This image ...

I didn’t expect to find an old friend. “Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature” arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York this winter after a series of shows in Germany in ...

RIGA - Saeima on Wednesday passed in the final reading a bill on Latvia's withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention banning the use, storage and production of anti-personnel mines. Saeima made the final ...

Ad In March, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Estonia announced plans to exit the Ottawa Treaty. Lithuania’s defense ministry said military threats to countries bordering Belarus and Russia have ...

The Latvian Basketball Association (LBS) has named Spanish coach Sito Alonso as the next head coach of the men’s national team. He will succeed Luca Banchi and take over after EuroBasket 2025, leading ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was cited as a key reason. By Andrew Higgins Latvia’s Parliament, citing Russian aggression against Ukraine, voted on Wednesday to pull out of an international ...

HELSINKI, April 16 (Reuters) - The Latvian parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention international treaty that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines amid ...