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International collaborations and exciting prizes – RIGA IFF Baltic Music Video Competition call for entries still open
The Film New Europe
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this edition’s changes are described by BMV curator, director Žanete Skarule. This year, the BMV main prize is presented by the festival partners BBrental – a full-service filming equipment rental house –, and the manufacturer of electronic...
Latvia and India Take Big Strides in Friendship and Security Cooperation
Diplomacy & Beyond Plus
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June 23, 2025
In a warm and forward-looking meeting on Thursday, June 19, Latvia’s Minister of Defence, Andris Sprūds, welcomed Her Excellency Ms. Namrata Satdeve Kumar, the newly appointed Ambassador of India to Latvia, for an important conversation on the...
Latvian Citizen Released From Prison In Belarus: Lost 26 Kilograms In Three Years
Charter 97
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6 Released Latvian citizen Dmitry Mikhailovs Story by Dmitry Mikhailov. In three years, he lost 26 kilograms and turned completely gray - this is how political prisoner, Latvian citizen Dmitri Mihailov returned to Riga from prison in Belarus. His...
Across the political spectrum, leaders are pushing a harder line on people lacking permanent legal status
The New Zealand Herald
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June 29, 2025
Procaccini’s party, Brothers of Italy, is now very popular in Italy. Its leader, Giorgia Meloni, is the country’s prime minister. And Procaccini is a chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists group, a big force in the European Parliament....
Latvian, 71, caught with heroin haul
Bangkok Post
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June 24, 2025
PUBLISHED : 24 Jun 2025 at 09:50 A 71-year-old Latvian man was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport after authorities found about three kilos of heroin concealed in his luggage during a transit stop en route to Malaysia, according to Pol Maj Gen...
Ukrainian President Moves to Withdraw From Ottawa Convention: What to Know
Newsweek
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June 29, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday signed a decree to withdraw the country from the Ottawa Convention, an international treaty that bans the use and stockpiling of antipersonnel landmines, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Latvia to Procure 42 Additional ASCOD Infantry Fighting Vehicles
The Defense Post
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June 23, 2025
Latvia has approved a second order of the 42 ASCOD infantry fighting vehicles from GDELS-Santa Bárbara Sistemas it placed in January. The additional vehicles will cost 387 million euros ($446 million), accelerating the development of the country’s...
EU population hits record 450m on another migration boost
Breaking News from Ireland
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Migration into the European Union pushed its population to a record 450.4 million people last year, offsetting a natural population decline for the fourth straight year, data released on Friday showed. Ireland was the EU country with the second...
NATO: Was There a Summit?
Valdai Discussion Club
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NATO’s modest 2025 summit does not indicate a deepening trend toward crises in the alliance, but reflects the desire of its leadership to use the effect of continuing external challenges and changes in the internal dynamics in NATO following...
Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia Officially Submit Withdrawal Notices From Ottawa Convention To United Nations
Free Press Journal
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June 29, 2025
Vilinus: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have officially submitted their withdrawal notices from the Ottawa Convention to the United Nations Secretary-General. About The Decision The three Baltic nations cited evolving national security needs as the...
Banned Llandudno driver made ‘stupid decision’ to drive while twice legal limit
North Wales Pioneer
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Not only did Valters Laksevics breach his driving ban, but he did so while more than twice the legal drink-drive limit. The 36-year-old was sentenced at Warrington Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, where he was assisted by a Latvian interpreter. This...
Banned driver made ‘stupid, crazy decision’ to drive while twice the legal limit
Runcorn & Widnes World
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Not only did Valters Laksevics breach his driving ban, but he did so while more than twice the legal drink-drive limit. The 36-year-old was sentenced at Warrington Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, where he was assisted by a Latvian interpreter. This...
EU population hits record 450 million on another migration boost
WKZO - Michigan
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By Gianluca Lo Nostro (Reuters) -Migration into the European Union pushed its population to a record 450.4 million people last year, offsetting a natural population decline for the fourth straight year, EU data released on Friday showed. WHY IT...
Ukraine's Zelenskyy awards Order of Freedom to Polish President Andrzej Duda
Euronews
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Published on 28/06/2025 - 17:59 GMT+2 President Duda arrived in Kyiv on Saturday morning for an unannounced visit, the Polish President's Office said on social media. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiha said the programme of the visit would...
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia notify UN of withdrawal from mine ban treaty
Xinhua News Agency
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VILNIUS, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia officially submitted their withdrawal notices from the Ottawa Convention to the United Nations Secretary-General on Friday. The three Baltic nations cited evolving national security needs...
Russia Exploits Latvian Vulnerabilities to Undermine Baltic Defenses (Part One)
The Jamestown Foundation
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Executive Summary: Russia’s evolving military strategy in the Baltic region is shifting from predictable linear offensives to deceptive and flanking maneuvers, with a possible thrust through southeastern Latvia that could strategically fracture...
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia Officially Notify UN Of Important Military Decision
Charter 97
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4 The Baltic States have withdrawn from the Ottawa Convention. On June 27, the Baltic States officially notified the United Nations of their withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention banning the use of anti-personnel mines. As Censor.NO, the...
Tejashwi Yadav vs Nitish Kumar? What RJD leader said on chief ministerial hopes
India Today
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June 27, 2025
Asked whether he would be the chief ministerial face of Bihar for the upcoming Assembly polls, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said an announcement on the same would be made when the time is right. In an interview with...
Netherlands dispatch: Spain rejects NATO’s 5% defense spending guideline, reaffirming legal sovereignty and exposing cracks in alliance cohesion
JURIST
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June 27, 2025
On Wednesday, at the NATO summit in The Hague, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez formally rejected the alliance’s newly agreed aspirational guideline for member states to increase defense spending to 5% of national GDP by 2035. In a carefully...
Three teenagers and woman, 20, arrested over crippling cyber-attack on Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods
LBC
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10 July 2025, 12:07 | Updated: 10 July 2025, 12:58 Four people have been arrested after cyber-attacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods. Picture: Alamy Three teenagers and a 20-year-old woman have been arrested as part of an investigation into...