Latvia

The National Electronic Mass Media Council of Latvia will include Belsat TV in its list.

Last week, Estonia expanded sanctions against Lukashenka’s regime

The Baltic states feel like a “NATO peninsula”

Belarus’ secret services continue their teeming activity in Latvia, delfi.lv reports with reference to the local Internal Security Service (VDD).

Latvian customs officers barred Belarusian oil products from entering the country on the back of the sanctions introduced against the Lukashenka regime, skaties.lv reports.

Polish Prime Minister wants more actions

On November 12, the North Atlantic Council delivered a statement on the situation at the Poland-Belarus border.

On October 5, Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, delivered a speech at the EP Plenary on the situation in Belarus after one year of protests and their violent repression.

In pursuit of his political or economic interests, Alyaksandr Lukashenka has repeatedly played the border card. He keeps resorting to a number of tools that are inconsistent with international law and bilateral treaties. The current migration crisis on the borders of Poland and the Baltic States is an example of such actions.

On Friday, Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė had a remote conversation her Estonian and Latvian counterparts, Kaja Kallas and Krišjānis Kariņš, respectively. The ministers discussed the security situation on the border with Belarus and the joint response to the Lukashenka regime’s hybrid aggression against Lithuania and the EU.

Belarus and Latvia expel diplomats because of the flag change