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Latvia asks Russian ambassador Mikhail Vanin, Михаил Валентинович to leave the country by February 24 in "full solidarity" with Estonia.
2023-01-23

A large explosion occurs on the Lithuania–Latvia Interconnection natural gas pipeline in Pasvalys District Municipality, Lithuania. Latvian Defence Minster Artis Pabriks says that the cause of the explosion would be investigated and that sabotage "could not be ruled out".
2023-01-13

Latvia announces a state of emergency over the influx of Russian citizens fleeing mobilization. Special measures are taken in the border regions of the country and at all ports of entry.
2022-09-27

A private Cessna 551 crashes into the Baltic Sea, off the coast of Latvia.
2022-09-4

Latvia allows volunteers to participate in the Russo-Ukrainian war.
2022-02-28

Latvian ice hockey club Dinamo Riga withdraws from the Kontinental Hockey League in protest of the invasion, joining Finland club Jokerit.
2022-02-27

Brazil, Denmark, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the United States issue a joint condemnation of the worldwide persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses.
2021-12-17

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania announce that they will expel several Russian diplomats involved in espionage activities in solidarity with the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic had ordered most Russian diplomatic staff to leave Prague on Thursday and called on its European allies to do the same.
2021-04-23

Latvia officially adopts the Euro as its currency and becomes the 18th member of the Eurozone.
2014-01-1

The Latvian Defense Ministry said four NATO fighter jets from the Lithuanian Air Force Base near Šiauliai were deployed when two Russian bombers flying in the neutral airspace almost entered Latvian air space.
2010-10-18