Poland and the three Baltic nations say they want to withdraw from an international convention that bans antipersonnel land mines due to the growing threat from Russia to front-line NATO states.

A temporary road bridge in the Latvian town of Salacgrīva has been closed for a week for maintenance, public broadcaster LSM reported. Salacgriva lies less than 20 kilometers from the Estonian border.

Latvia’s Baltic neighbours, Estonia and Lithuania, have also made swift strides ... In a Lithuanian industrial town, teenagers pin their hopes on an unscrupulous local modelling school, in Saule ...