Currently, Belarus has an embassy in Riga, while Latvia has an embassy in Minsk. The countries share 161 km as it relates to their common border. [1]

Sep 19, 2023 · Latvia's government decided on Tuesday to close one of its two border crossing points with Belarus as the prime minister accused Minsk of again using illegal migrants as a "hybrid threat" to...

Aug 16, 2023 · Latvia’s defence minister has ordered the army to help guard the country’s border with Belarus amid what was described as “hybrid threats” facing the country and as a reported 96 attempts were...

1 day ago · Nearly 3 1/2 decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend will flip a switch to end electricity-grid connections to neighboring Russia ...

Oct 12, 2022 · Latvian authorities have violently pushed back refugees and migrants at the country’s borders with Belarus, subjecting many to grave human rights violations, including secret detention and even torture, according to new findings published in …

In 2023, almost 14,000 attempts to illegally enter Latvia from the territory of Belarus have been prevented – more than twice as many as the year before. Up to 250 illegal border crossings have been registered on certain days, according to Šersts.

Sep 12, 2023 · Latvia is growing worried over the increasing number of migrants attempting to cross over into the Baltic nation through the border with Belarus and has called up the military to assist border guards.

Aug 15, 2023 · Latvia's defence minister ordered the army to help guard the Baltic country's border with Russian ally Belarus on Tuesday, after 96 attempts by illegal immigrants to cross in 24 hours.

Nov 7, 2024 · The entire Latvian-Belarusian border will be equipped with technical security systems by the end of 2026, stated the head of the State Border Guard, Guntis Pujāts, in an interview on Latvian Television's "Morning Panorama" program November 7.

Aug 10, 2021 · Latvia has declared a state of emergency at its Belarus border, authorizing the border guards but also armed forces and police to use physical force to return migrants to the country from which they came.