Europe Latvia Following an incident involving a Russian combat drone flying over Latvian territory, the National Security Council decided to update and improve procedures for more effective action in the event of a security threat from unmanned aerial vehicles
Europe Latvia Special signs were installed in the 'Dzilniņa' kindergarten and three adjacent municipal buildings with suitable basements to begin labelling potential bomb shelters, the Riga Municipality stated
Europe Latvia The Rīga Stradiņš University opened its first branch outside Latvia at the Elbe Kliniken in the German city of Stade: this is the first international branch of a Baltic national university in the field of medical studies
Europe Latvia Attempts to disrupt the functioning of Latvian websites continue, and last week there was another wave of attacks, which, however, in most cases only succeeded in slowing down the functioning of various pages, not blocking them completely
Europe Latvia Residents of the village of Tirza are protesting against the planned felling of more than 20 apple trees as part of the road improvement works, demanding that the fruit trees be spared and sending letters to both Latvian highways and President Rinkēvičs