Russia’s energy giant Gazprom says it has stopped supplying gas to Latvia, charging the member state of the European Union (EU) with violating conditions for gas withdrawal.
Expressing Iran’s opposition to any action steering the world towards war and unilateralism, President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi said the war in Ukraine should not prevent the international community from paying attention to the crisis in Afghanistan.
The number of coronavirus infections worldwide has surpassed the 10.3 million mark, and 505,518 related deaths have occurred, according to the latest data tracked by John Hopkins University’s COVID-19 resource center.
The European Union-funded IBORDERCTRL project has begun testing its “smart lie-detection systems” at EU borders in Hungary, Greece and Latvia, despite concerns raised regarding their effectiveness.
Latvia’s pro-Russia Harmony Party has won the country’s general elections, and will have to negotiate with other parties to form a coalition government.
Polling stations in Latvia opened Saturday for a general election that could propel a populist, pro-Kremlin coalition to power as the Baltic state celebrates the centenary of its birth as an independent state.
The US State Department has approved an arms sales package worth $200 million to the Baltic state of Latvia as part of NATO’s eastward expansion.