{"id":127294,"date":"2025-02-21T19:37:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T16:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/127294\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"latvias-right-wing-alliance-pushes-for-ban-on-passenger-services-with-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/127294\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvia\u2019s right-wing alliance pushes for ban on passenger services with Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 21, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Latvia\u2019s right-wing National Alliance has tabled a bill to ban passenger transportation services with Belarus and Russia, <em>Delfi <\/em>reported, citing <em>LETA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Alliance MP J\u0101nis Vitenbergs noted that passenger transportation continues despite authorities\u2019 appeals to Latvians not to travel to these countries due to the high risk of intelligence recruitment and intimidation by Belarusian security personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, passengers bring \u201csanctioned goods\u201d back to Latvia, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Alliance, which holds 13 of the 100 parliamentary seats and led opinion polls in December with 9.9 percent, pushes for negotiations with other Baltic states on a general ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill suggests drafting a regulation before March 17 to close border crossings for public passenger transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, Latvian companies offer nine routes to Belarus and Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, the ruling New Unity alliance tabled amendments to ban tour operators from providing services in Russia and Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported in October 2024 that it knew of 26 Latvians arrested in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124917\/\">Latvian defense minister urges citizens not to travel to Belarus, Russia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 21, Pozirk. Latvia\u2019s right-wing National Alliance has tabled a bill to ban passenger transportation services with Belarus and Russia, Delfi reported, citing LETA. National Alliance MP J\u0101nis Vitenbergs noted that passenger transportation continues despite authorities\u2019 appeals to Latvians not to travel to these countries due to the high risk of intelligence recruitment and intimidation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[14,30,13],"class_list":["post-127294","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Latvia\u2019s right-wing alliance pushes for ban on passenger services with Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 21, Pozirk. 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