Latvia calls for more EU funds to protect it from Russia
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Latvia, a NATO member state, is expected to increase its defense spending to 5 percent of GDP by 2035. 3.5 percent for the actual defense and 1.5 percent for security-related infrastructure. Tensions between Russia and the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are intensifying. (file photo) © Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa Russia is accused of having launched drones over Latvia and Romania, which were shot down several times, most recently last week, by NATO fighter jets.
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Latvia, a NATO member state, is expected to increase its defense spending to 5 percent of GDP by 2035. 3.5 percent for the actual defense and 1.5 percent for security-related infrastructure.
according to Frankfurter Rundschau +1Tensions between Russia and the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are intensifying. (file photo) © Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa Russia is accused of having launched drones over Latvia and Romania, which were shot down several times, most recently last week, by NATO fighter jets.
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