Several thousand people protested against the vote, and it is now up to the president to decide the next step.

Latvia will have to uphold protection rules for women even if it quits the Istanbul Convention in a divisive move seen as backtracking on fundamental rights. View on euronews ...

In Latvia, authorities are considering introducing mandatory military service for women. The country's Ministry of Defense plans to discuss the details of this initiative with the public and the ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Women's rights activists taped their mouths shut at a demonstration Wednesday outside the Latvian parliament to protest the country's possible withdrawal from an international ...

Europe’s political classes were backfooted by Latvia’s Parliament (Saeima) vote to pull out of the Istanbul Convention (IC), the treaty protecting women ...

Latvian lawmakers voted on October 30 to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention. Since then, the president has called for a review of the bill, as protests are planned across the country on Thursday.