The Latest Breaking News from Latvia

People in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fear that they may be at risk

To Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians — particularly those old enough to have lived under Soviet control — Russia’s belligerence toward Ukraine has some worried that they could be the Kremlin's next target

The websites of Ukraine's defense, foreign and interior ministries were unreachable or painfully slow to load Thursday morning after a punishing wave of distributed-denial-of-service attacks as Russia struck at its neighbor, explosions shaking the capital of Kyiv and other major cities. In addition to DDoS attacks on Wednesday, cybersecurity researchers…

“Is it your Russian immigrant status that makes you talk to people like this?” the candidate said to the Latvian-born police officer

The European Union must impose sanctions on Russia immediately after it recognised two Ukrainian breakaway regions as independent, the governments of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said after Russia's announcement.

The West needs to keep talking to Russia to make it more difficult for Moscow to launch an attack on Ukraine, Latvia said on Friday, as two days of increased shelling in eastern Ukraine sparked fears a Russian invasion could be imminent.

Juris Viktorovs (36), who was originally from Latvia, was found dead with a stab wound to the chest in the home he shared with girlfriend Brenda Kane in Ballyconnell, Co Wicklow, last Thursday evening

Latvian flag carrier airBaltic is setting up extra flights out of Kyiv this week to accommodate a passenger spike after European countries told their nationals to leave Ukraine or risk war.

Australian boxer Jai Opetaia has had his scheduled world cruiserweight title fight with Mairis Briedis delayed as the Latvian recovers from COVID-19.

Juris Viktorovs from Latvia was stabbed a number of times at a house in Ballyconnell in Wicklow on Thursday evening

Ayumu Hirano won snowboard halfpipe gold, Suzanne Schulting defended her 1,000m short track title and Christopher Grotheer won the skeleton