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Latvia PM loses majority after drone-hit oil depot, NATO scrambles.

5/13/2026

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Latvia's Prime Minister Evika Silina lost her majority on May 13, 2026, after the Progressives withdrew support.
Drones entered Latvian airspace on May 7, 2026, striking an oil depot in Rezekne and prompting her to force Minister Andris Spruds to resign.
NATO scrambled French Rafale and Spanish Eurofighter fighters from Lithuania, with Silina appointing Colonel Raivis Melnis as minister and opposition parties calling for a no-confidence vote.

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Latvia's Prime Minister Evika Silina lost her majority on May 13, 2026, after the Progressives withdrew support.
Drones entered Latvian airspace on May 7, 2026, striking an oil depot in Rezekne and prompting her to force Minister Andris Spruds to resign.
NATO scrambled French Rafale and Spanish Eurofighter fighters from Lithuania, with Silina appointing Colonel Raivis Melnis as minister and opposition parties calling for a no-confidence vote.