Latvia’s Prime Minister Resigns After Drone Incursions Trigger Coalition Collapse

Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa announced her resignation on Thursday after a political crisis triggered by repeated drone incursions into Latvian territory brought down her governing coalition just months before parliamentary elections scheduled for October. Siliņa, leader of the center-right New Unity party, lost her parliamentary majority after the left-leaning Progressives party withdrew support from the coalition. The dispute centered on her decision to dismiss Defense Minister Andris Sprūds following a series of incidents involving drones believed to be Ukrainian in origin that entered Latvian airspace from Russia. ...