Latvia to Upgrade 570 Public Bomb Shelters with EU Funding

The measure will allow the military to “use all possible means to defend our citizens”

This withdrawal "will give our armed forces a margin of manoeuvre to use all possible means to defend our citizens", said Inara Murniece, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Latvian Parliament.

The Latvian parliament voted on Wednesday to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines.

The Riga Parliament approved on Wednesday Latvia's withdrawal from the international convention banning anti-personnel mines, justifying this measure by the need to strengthen national security in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Latvian lawmakers voted on Wednesday to withdraw the country from a treaty banning anti-personnel mines, as the Baltic state, which borders Russia, seeks to strengthen its security in the context of the war in Ukraine,...

The Latvian Parliament (Saeima) on Wednesday adopted a final reading of a bill on the country's withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use, stockpiling and production of anti-personnel mines.