Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The European Commission said on Friday that member state Latvia will still be obliged to respect international rules for the ...

WARSAW, Poland — The Latvian Parliament voted Thursday to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a treaty aimed at supporting women who are victims of violence, after a 13-hour session of intense ...

Latvia Puts off Plan to Quit Treaty on Violence Against Women Until After Election VILNIUS (Reuters) -Latvian lawmakers on Wednesday postponed a vote to quit a European treaty aimed at combating ...

Two decades after Latvia shook off Soviet communist rule, the country's women have survived the transition to capitalism better than men - they are better educated and are less likely to die young.

Europe’s political classes were backfooted by Latvia’s Parliament (Saeima) vote to pull out of the Istanbul Convention (IC), the treaty protecting women from violence. They then reset and punted on ...

WARSAW, Poland — 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 treaty ...

Responding to the Latvian parliament’s vote to leave the Council of Europe convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, also known as the Istanbul Convention, ...

The European Commission said on Friday that member state Latvia will still be obliged to respect international rules for the protection of women as the country debates a controversial move to withdraw ...