Eastern European nations are moving towards exiting the Ottawa Contention, a treaty that bans anti-personnel landmines, to deter Russia from invading.

The five countries have been concerned about their security since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, ...

Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland are troubled by signs of increasing aggression from Russia. Read more at ...

LATVIA’S president has warned European countries to “absolutely” introduce conscription as he dubbed the continent as “weak” ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky predicted in a Sunday interview with NBC News that Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

Government said it was 'not considering conscription' but that future decisions would respond to a 'new reality' ...

The Latvian president has urged European countries to "absolutely" introduce ... calling Latvia and fellow Baltic states Estonia and Lithuania the "litmus test of NATO", Mr Rinkevics also called ...

The origins of the EU-Belarus border crisis date back to summer 2021 when Belarus relaxed its visa regime for nationals of several refugee-producing countries and, in cooperation with local travel ...

Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are all former Soviet States ... Russia has paused planned military developments along its ...

In a statement to parliament on Friday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk shared his plan as part of a wider effort to create a ...

They propose EU countries jointly invest in infrastructure with fortifications, high-tech border surveillance systems, electronic warfare capabilities, drones and counter-drone measures.