- Aug 28
Ukraine beats Greece 82-76 in Riga during World Cup basketball qualifier
Ukraine defeated Greece 82-76 in Riga on Friday, leaving Vassilis Spanoulis's team in fifth place in Group 9 of FIBA World Cup qualifying ahead of a decisive clash against Spain.
- Aug 28
Ararat-Armenia beats Universitatea Craiova 1-0 to secure Europa League berth
Ararat-Armenia secured a 1-0 win in Yerevan through a 98th-minute penalty rebound to eliminate Universitatea Craiova 2-1 on aggregate from the Europa League play-offs.
- Aug 27
Poland beats Israel 106:86 in Riga to remain unbeaten in World Cup qualifying
Poland improved to 7–0 in FIBA World Cup 2027 qualifying with a 106:86 win over Israel in Riga, setting up a qualification-clinching opportunity against Germany on Sunday.
- Aug 25
CIA Director Ratcliffe warns Moscow on NATO as Trump downplays secret trip
CIA Director John Ratcliffe secretly visited Moscow to warn Russian intelligence against targeting NATO and urge peace in Ukraine, while President Donald Trump dismissed reports of rising tensions.
- Aug 23
Baltic cyclone kills two and leaves over 500,000 without power across region
A cyclone brought winds exceeding 67 mph and heavy rain across Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and northeastern Poland, killing two people and cutting electricity to hundreds of thousands.
- Aug 22
Germany defeats Croatia 96-87 to claim basketball Supercup in Hamburg
Oscar da Silva scored 22 points in front of 9,583 spectators at the Barclays Arena as Germany secured its seventh Supercup title ahead of World Cup qualifiers.
- Aug 22
Greece defeats Poland 89-81 in basketball friendly behind 22 points from Toliopoulos
Greece defeated Poland 89-81 in a friendly basketball game at the T-Center on Saturday, opening preparations for the upcoming MundoBasket 2027 qualifiers.
- Aug 14
Italian Eurofighter shoots down drone in Latvian airspace amid NATO Baltic patrols
NATO fighter jets shot down a drone in Latvian airspace on the night of 13 August, with Italian Eurofighters credited for the interception as Baltic states face a growing wave of stray drone incursions linked to the Russia-Ukraine war.
- Aug 14
Ukrainian drones strike Russia's largest Baltic port Ust-Luga, sparking fire and regional airspace alerts
An overnight Ukrainian drone strike sparked a fire at Russia's largest Baltic port, Ust-Luga, with regional authorities reporting 51 drones shot down over Leningrad Oblast. Latvia and Finland took emergency airspace measures as the attack's ripple effects spread across the Baltic region.
- Aug 2
Latvia closes sole Belarus border crossing as hybrid migration war escalates
The Paternieki-Grigorowszczina checkpoint, the only open crossing between Latvia and Belarus, was closed on 31 July due to IT system failures, amid a surge in illegal migration that Riga calls a hybrid war.
- Jul 4
US envoys Witkoff and Kushner urge compromise in Kyiv after Moscow talks with Putin
US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday following a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, urging both sides to compromise as the war threatens to continue into winter.
- Jun 28
Latvian intelligence warns Russia may stage provocations on NATO's eastern flank to test alliance cohesion
Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski says recent Putin remarks are preparation for a false-flag operation, as Latvian intelligence and a senior NATO politician warn of possible Russian hybrid attacks on Poland or the Baltic states.
