The first votes have already been counted in the counties of Ciblas, Rundāle and Naukšēni
The pro-Kremlin Harmony party looked set to hold the balance of power in Latvia's general election, with a public exit poll showing them ahead of liberals in a ballot tarnished by a hackers' attack on the country's top social network
2 year agoUS Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk - 53,000ft over Estonia
2 year agoLatvia Parliament elections: by 16.00, 604 645 voted, or 39.06% turnout
Latvia: Turnout at 3pm CEST at 31.96%. Lowest in Riga region (24.51%) and highest Kurzeme (39.03%).
2 year agoRQ4 Global Hawk USAF UAV on ISR mission over Lithuania, surveilling very close to the border of Kaliningrad Oblast. 0947z
Election day in Latvia. The Baltic state has the highest number of eligible voters abroad this time.
Latvia barred from entrance chief editor of Russian website NewsBalt Andrey Vypolzev
2 year agoLithuania pays tribute to anti-Soviet guerrilla hero Adolfas Ramanauskas - Vanagas with state funeral in Vilnius. He was captured by Soviets in 1956, brutally tortured, executed the following year and thrown into an unidentified grave. The remains were identified only this year
US Air Force E-4B Nightwatch GRIM15
2 year agoHere are the 17 nationalists who are prosecuted after the violent march in Gothenburg.
2 year agoAir Defense troops of Russia Western Military District held drill with S-300PM
Sergei Kanev, one of the Russian journalists working on the Chepiga story, who just fled to the Baltics: "One person warned that a provocation was being prepared."
2 year agoThere was an explosion in the engine room on the passenger ferry flying the Lithuanian flag in the Baltic Sea, 335 people were on board, including 37 crew members
Danish ferry company says 294 passengers stranded after engine breakdown in Baltic Sea
2 year agoExplosion reported at Lithuanian Regina Seaways ferry with 335 people on board in international waters of Baltic Sea in exclusive maritime economical zone of Russia near Kaliningrad. All passengers were evacuated and safe
BelgianAF NATO Baltic Air Policing over Lithuania, BAF F16AM - callsign MA02 serial FA119. 0910z
Latvian armed forces over Baltic Sea have identified Russian Il-20 near it's territorial waters
2 year ago5 hours on 52,000ft over the Baltic Sea Eyes on Kaliningrad USAF RQ4 Global Hawk
2 year agoOleg Belokonev, chief of Belarusian general staff, pays a friendly visit to NATO member Latvia, pledges to strengthen military ties.
2 year agoJust released: Photo of yesterday's intercept. Courtesy of the German air force. NATO.
NBI's Cybercrime Center will investigate yesterday's DoS attack and establish whether this latest incident has any links to similar DDoS attacks committed in the past few months.
Approximately 3 million euros confiscated at AiristonHelmi properties during raid. Not just €s but other currencies too.
NATO fighter aircraft today escorted 2 of Russia's Blackjack bombers in intl' airspace over the Baltic Sea. Belgian and German jets patrol the region as part of NATO's Baltic air-policing mission.
2 year agoDDoS attack hits suomi.fi , Finnish identification services (social insurance institution, tax office etc e-Services depend on this)
Sweden PM Lofven loses confidence vote in parliament
2 year agoOn shady property purchases (and couple attempted ones) near or at sensitive areas in Finland. Infographics by Iltalehti originally published already in 2014.
2 year agoAeroVironment contracted for RQ-20B Puma unmanned aircraft system for Estonia
2 year agoPope Francis draws a crowd of more than 100,000 people in Kaunas, Lithuania
Company under searches confirmed as "Airiston Helmi" - widely believed to be as a Russian controlled shell company with very little real business. Been buying surplus Finnish navy vessels and properties next to strategic maritime lanes.
