Latvian Black Hawk crews, assisted by U.S. Army aviators, carried out their first aerial gunnery, adding a new combat capability along NATO’s eastern flank.

HELSINKI — Latvian lawmakers on Wednesday picked the country’s long-serving popular foreign minister, a strong backer of Ukraine, as its new head of state in a tight vote. The 100-seat Saeima legislature elected Edgars Rinkēvičs, the country’s top ...

The situation regarding Latvian sailors in the Persian Gulf region is being continuously monitored, representatives of the Latvian Maritime Administration (LJA) told LETA. The LJA reports that there are currently 22 Latvian sailors on ships in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz region,

Gauss’ 13-year tenure at airBaltic was full of notable achievements, but recent months have seen tensions flare between airline management and its majority shareholder. Martin Gauss has been removed as CEO of Latvian national airline airBaltic.

Latvian ship design and construction company Latitude Yachts announced it will establish a new defense business and unveiled their first project: The tactical catamaran LNT-27.

Under the occupying Nazi regime during World War II, Latvia’s Jewish population was decimated through ghettos, massacres and deportations. Worsening the situation, individual Latvians collaborated with the Germans, a murky legacy leaving lingering ...

At a press conference at the NATO Summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday, President Trump said the alliance was "not a rip off," showing a marked difference in tone in how he talks about the organization. In an interview with NPR's Morning Edition, Latvian ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Flow,” a wordless cat parable, won the Oscar for animated feature at Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards. The win gives Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis his first Academy Award. “Flow” was made with Blender, a free, open-source ...

It's hard to place the era that the Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum covers. Glancing around, you'll spot homes, churches, windmills and craft workshops that you can barely identify as anything but "old." Continue to walk around, and you'll find a ...

WASHINGTON (KWCH) - The United States Department of Justice on Thursday confirmed a Latvian man’s arrest in connection with a case involving two northeast Kansas men and illegal trading to Russia. Thursday’s news follows the arrests of 60-year-old ...